Selecting Deleted Files For Restoring; Selecting Versions From A Specific Job; Selecting Versions From Specific Media; Restoring Tips - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Set the Delete range filter to On or before some random future date.
When a file has been deleted from a file or application server or PC desktop and a version of that file
exists on valid media, Data Protector Express marks that file in its catalog as having been deleted and
assigns it a delete date. Additionally, these files appear with a special icon in the object detail area of the
Selection page.
Select the appropriate version date for a container object.
When a file is backed up, Data Protector Express creates a version. Each version of a file has a unique
version date and every file backed up during the same job has the same version date. (You can view this
information for all of the available versions in the Versions... dialog box.)
Remember that when you specify the version date for a container, such as a volume or folder, objects in
that container are only selected when they have the same version date.
If you want to select only those files backed up during a particular job, begin by checking a container high
in the tree hierarchy, such as the machine or network icon. This will cause all of the files below this object
to be initially selected. Then open the Versions... dialog box by clicking on the Select Version button.
Select the appropriate date and time version for the job. Now only those files with a matching version
date will be selected.
Add the media to the Media filter.
Suppose you want to restore only those files that appear on specific media or want only to verify files
from specific media. You can use the Media filter on the Selection Filters dialog box to only select files
that have valid versions on the media you specify.
To do so, open the Selection Filters dialog box by clicking on the Selection Filters button on the toolbar
of the Selection page of the job. Then click the Add... button to open the Browse dialog box. When you
add media to the Media field, Data Protector Express checks to see if the file selected has a valid version
on that Media. If so, that file is included in the job. (If you add multiple media to the Media field, only
files with versions on all the selected media will be included in the job.)

Restoring Tips

This section provides tips for restoring files and volumes.
If you have used a default schedule and have run backup jobs as scheduled, you can easily and simply
restore files as they appeared the last time a backup job was run. Simply select the volumes or files you
wish to restore on the Selection page of a restore job. The latest version of each file will be automatically
restored to the volume. Data Protector Express will prompt you for whatever tapes are needed to complete
the restore job.