Considerations; Finding Information For Restore; Using The Data Protector Gui - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

Considerations

• Restore chain: When you restore a virtual machine from an incremental or
differential Snapshot or Suspend session, Data Protector automatically restores
the complete backup chain, starting with the last full backup, which is then followed
by the last differential and all subsequent incremental backups (if they exist) up
to the selected session.
• Backup proxy: A restore session from a VCBfile or VCBimage backup does not
involve a backup proxy system. VMware objects are restored directly to specified
clients.
• Concurrent sessions: Restore sessions that use the same devices or restore the
same datacenter cannot run concurrently.
• Different backup methods: VMware objects that were created using different
backup methods cannot be restored in the same session.

Finding information for restore

You can find information about backup objects in the Data Protector IDB, such as
which backup type and media were used, and which messages were displayed
during the backup. To retrieve this information, use the Data Protector GUI or CLI.

Using the Data Protector GUI

In the Internal Database context, expand Objects or Sessions.
If you expand Objects, backup objects are sorted according to the virtual machine
for which they were created. For example, backup objects for the virtual machine
/vm/mach1 from the datacenter ELDatacentro are listed under
/%2FEldatacentro/0/%2Fvm%2Fmach1.
If you expand Sessions, backup objects are sorted according to the session in which
they were created. For example, backup objects created in the session
2008/08/15–7 are listed under 2008/08/15–7.
To view details on a backup object, right-click the backup object and click Properties.
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