Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Selecting objects to recover and recovering the data

The NetWorker Recover feature support the ability to perform a browsable recovery or a save set recovery.

1. Display a list of file system objects in the browser view.

   • To perform a browsable recovery, on the side bar in the Devices section, select a file system. NetWorker Recover queries the client file index and displays the objects that you can recover.

     NOTE:To show hidden files, from the View menu, select Show Hidden Files.

   • To perform a save set recover, on the side bar in the SAVE SETS section, select a save set. NetWorker Recover queries the media database and displays each instance of the save set, including cloned save sets.

     NOTE:The Save Sets filter bar, located above the list of save sets enables you to filer the save set list by save set type. For example, to show all the original save set instance, select Save Sets s or to display cloned save set instances, select Cloned Save Sets.
2. To search browser view for the files you want to recover:
   1. Type the text string in the Search field in the upper right of the NetWorker Recover window.
   2. Use the Search Scope bar to narrow the scope of the search result. The following figure displays some of the search criteria you can use.

      

      When you select an object in the Search Result view, NetWorker Recovery displays the path to the object in the Status bar at the bottom of the browser view.

3. To display information about an object, right-click the object, and select Get Info.
4. To mark objects in the browser view for recovery, select the checkbox next to each object that you want to recover. You can only mark one save set or clone instance at a time.

   NetWorker Recover adds each item that you mark to the RECOVERY SETS section on the side bar. A number appears next to each recovery set in the sidebar, which represents the total number of items that are selected for recovery.

5. To view or select different versions of a marked file, perform the following steps:
   1. Right-click the file and select File Versions. The Versions side bar appears. The following figure provides an example of the Versions side bar.

      

   2. To recover a specific version of a file, perform one of the following actions:
      • Drag and drop the file from the Versions side bar to the browser view.
      • Drag the file to a folder for recovery.
      • Right-click the file to select Mark for recovery.
6. To review a summary list of the marked files, in the RECOVERY SETS section on the side bar, perform one of the following actions:

   • Select Files to display a list of objects that you marked for a browsable recovery.

   • Select Save Sets to display a list of objects that you marked for a save set recovery.

     The Recover Files browse view displays a list of marked files and the list of volumes that the recovery operation requires.

7. To view the status of the required volumes, click Volume Status. Ensure that the status of the required volume indicates online, then close the dialog box.
8. To start the recover operation, click the Recover button in the toolbar. The Recover window appears.
9. In the Recover window, select the recovery options.

   • To recover the objects to a directory that differs from the original location, perform one of the following actions:

     • In the Relocate files to field, type the path on the destination host to recover the data.
     • Click Browse and select the target directory.

   • Select a conflict resolution option:

     • Rename the recovered file— By default, the recover operation appends a tilde (~) to the beginning of the name of the recovered file ~file_name. When a file named ~file_name already exists, the recovered file is renamed ~00_file_name, and so forth, to ~99_file_name. When this fails, the recover process does not automatically rename the file and prompts the user is to specify a name for the file.
     • Discard recovered file— Discards the recovered file and keeps the existing file.
     • Replace local file— Replaces the file on the file system with the recovered version.
     • Prompt me for an action— Each time the recovery operation encounters a file or folder with the same name in the destination location, the recovery operation prompts you to select a conflict resolution method.

   • To recover the files to a different host, select the hostname from the Direct recover to drop down.

   • Click OK. The recover status dialog box appears. At any time during the recovery, you can click the Stop button to cancel the operation.

10. To monitor the recovery process, on the Recover progress, select Monitor Server.

    The NetWorker Monitor dialog box appears with the following tabs:

    • Info— Displays general server information including name, IP, OS type, NetWorker version, Save totals, and Recover totals.

    • Messages— Displays server messages that are logged during the recovery, for example, errors and warnings.

    • Devices— Displays the status for all connected devices.

    • Sessions— Displays Save sessions, Recover sessions, and Browse sessions.

    • Settings— Allows you to adjust the polling interval for server updates.

11. To review the recover log, after the recovery operation completes, select Recover Log. The Console application appears and displays the contents of the ~/Library/Logs/recover.log file.