Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Using NMC to perform clone recoveries

1. Open NMC.
2. Click Recover.
3. From the menu bar, select Recover > New Recover.
4. On the Select the Client to Recover page:
   1. Under Source client, in the Name field, type the name of the client on which the cloned data exists.
   2. Under Destination client, specify the client to which you want to recover the cloned data.
   3. For the type of backup that you want to recover, select Block Based Backup (cloned to tape).
   4. Click Next.
5. On the Select a Block-Based Backup Clone page:
   1. Under Found in, specify the period during which you performed the clone and click Query.

      The cloned save set groups appear in the Block-Based backups field.

   2. Select the save set group.
   3. Under Select the Save Sets, select either All save sets, or Subset of save sets and appropriate save sets that belong to the selected save set group.
   4. Under Recovery Type:

      Select one of the following types of recovery that you want to perform:

      • File level recovery

        If you have selected this option, from the Copy to Pool list, select the pool that has the Client Direct enabled device to which you want to copy the cloned data.

      • Image level recovery
   5. Click Next.

      • If you have selected File level recovery in step d, the Copying the Backup to Disk page appears.

        After the cloning succeeds, click Next.

        The Select the Data to Recover page appears.

      • If you have selected Image level recovery in step d, the Select the Data to Recover page appears.

6. On the Select the Data to Recover page:
   1. Perform one of the following tasks that depend on the type of the recovery that you have selected:
      • For a file level recovery, select the save set to recover from the left panes and select the files to recover from the right panes.
      • For an image level recovery, select the save set that you want to recover from the left pane.
   2. Click Next.
7. On the Select the Recovery Options page, perform one of the following tasks that depend on the type of the recovery you have selected:

   • For a file level recovery, select the File path for Recovery and Duplicate File Options, and click Next.

   • For an image level recovery, select the File path for Recovery, and click Next.

8. On the Perform the Recovery page:
   1. Under Identity, in the Recover name field, type a name for the recovery.
   2. Select one of the following recovery start times:
      • Start recovery now—Immediately starts recovery.
      • Schedule recovery to start at—Schedules the recovery according to the choice.
   3. If you want to stop the recovery at a certain time, in the Specify a hard stop time field, type the time.
   4. Select the Recover Resource persistence option according to the choice.
   5. Click Run Recovery.

      The recovery log appears when the recovery progresses.

      After the recovery succeeds, a successful completion message appears at the bottom of the recovery log.

      To export the log file, click Export Log File.

9. On the Check the Recovery Results page, click Finish.