About the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface
The Backup, Archive, and Restore interface consists of three primary panes that enable you to select the images that you want to restore. The three panes are the NetBackup History pane, the All Folders pane, and the Contents pane. The NetBackup History pane displays the backup images that are available for restore, the type of backup that was performed, and the policy name. The All Folders pane displays a hierarchical view of the items that are available to restore. This pane updates after you select an image in the NetBackup History pane. The Contents pane displays the files that correspond to the selection that you make in the All Folders pane.
The interface also displays information about the backups that have been run. You can then select the backup images that you want to restore. However, it can be difficult to locate a particular restore set for the SQL Server images and the number of associated images for each restore set. One reason is because the interface does not show the database names. You would have to look at each image in the interface and expand each one to see the database name. This method is cumbersome, time consuming, and often confusing for the user.
The following procedure describes how to use these interfaces search for an object to restore in the backup images.
To search backup images in the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface
- Select the images from the History pane and click on the search (binoculars) icon in the interface.
- Enter a keyword Search Folder field.
Use a regular expression format. For example, enter
*All Partitions*to search for images with "All Partitions" as an object name. You can also enter a word or phrase in the Keyword phrase field. - Select the Search button.