PowerProtect Data Manager 19.11 Microsoft SQL Server User Guide

Table-level restore workflow

When you install the Microsoft application agent, you must install ItemPoint to perform table-level restores. Otherwise, the Table Restore tab does not appear in the Microsoft app agent for Application Direct SSMS plug-in. During the Microsoft application agent installation, you can select the provided check box to install ItemPoint.

To perform table-level restores, you must first mount the backup images and specify mount options by using the Microsoft app agent for Application Direct SSMS plug-in. Once the backup is mounted, use ItemPoint for Microsoft SQL Server to complete the table restore.

Committed data is represented as outstanding transactions when there are Microsoft SQL Server full and incremental backups on the database. When you perform table-level recovery, ItemPoint must load all the outstanding transactions that are present in a backup.

To load large databases, ItemPoint requires a few hours to read the data because of poor Virtual File System performance. This problem occurs while ItemPoint loads the database and ItemPoint may appear to stop responding while reading the backup. If you observe this problem, an alternative to using Microsoft SQL Server table-level recovery is to restore the backup as flat files to a server where you have enough space, and then use ItemPoint to restore the files on the local disk.