Restore Client Configurations (Disaster Recovery)
Overview
This feature is used to retrieve client backup configuration and back up data from the backup server. Using the same ID as before, the backup data can be recovered in the client webconsole.
Why is this feature necessary ?
In , without the backup schedule configurations, backed up data cannot be restored. So this page helps you in restoring the backup schedule configurations first. The backed up data can be restored from the List of Backup For Restore page.
When is this feature relevant ?
Typically, if needs to be installed afresh in a machine because of a computer crash or other reasons (old computer stolen, etc).
Once the backup schedules are restored, the List Backup Schedules page will show the backup schedules in a suspended mode. Using the reinstalled configuration, any lost data can first be restored (from the List of Backup for Restore page). Thereafter, the backup schedules can be resumed manually, if required.
Restore Client Configurations (Disaster Recovery)
The following describes the user input for this page:
Client Name : This is a non-editable field displaying the current client for which the configurations have to be restored.
Backup Type : Select the Same Machine option, if you wish to recover the local backup configurations configured to store data to a local location OR to recover the exported backup configurations from a remote backup server. Select the Remote Server option, if you wish to recover all the backup configurations from a remote backup server.
With "Same Machine" backup type option is selected:
Local Backup Location : Enter the local backup storage or exported backup data location and click the Add button. You can add multiple backup locations and recover all those backup configurations at the same time. NOTE: If you enter Local Backup Location as "C:\File_Backup_Location\" while creating backup schedule, then you need to enter the same location ["C:\File_Backup_Location\"] here. If you are going to recover an exported backup configuration [using the Export Backup option in backup server] located at "C:\Exported_Backup\", then you need to enter the Local Backup Location as "C:\Exported_Backup\" to recover the exported backup configurations.
Local backup locations added so far : This box lists all the backup locations added so far, for recovering the same machine backups' configurations. If you wish to remove any of the location from this box, click the Remove button. You can add any number of backup locations and recover all those backup configurations at the same time.
With "Remote Server" backup type option is selected:
Server : Select the option Choose from the list if the backup server name from where backup configurations to be restored is available in the list of backup server names added in the client. Select the option Enter Name/IP if you wish to enter the backup server name directly in the text box.
Authentication : If the client was not authenticated with the backup server with a password, then select the option This client does not need to be authenticated with the selected server. If the client was previously authenticated with a password with the backup server and you wish to enter that authentication password now for proceeding with the disaster recovery, select the option This client needs to be authenticated with the selected server. If this option is selected, you need to enter the password in the textbox shown below and click Authenticate.
Restore Button : Once the server names chosen are added to the list, click the "Restore" Button. This will initiate the process of getting the client backup configurations from all the servers chosen.
Clear Button : It will reset all the fields to their original values.
Disaster Recovery Report
The Disaster Recovery Report has the following details:
Server Name : Server from which the configurations have been restored.
Total Number of Backups: Total number of backups available in the backup server.
Number of backups retrieved: Total number of backups successfully retrieved.
Message: Result of the recovery process; Success or Failure.
Troubleshooting Tips
Limitations
To restore the client configurations, you will necessarily need to know the servers on to which the backups were originally done. does not discover this information automatically. The backup schedules recovered from exported backup data with backup name prefixed with an alias cannot be edited or scheduled to continue the backup. The imported backups are for restore purposes only. After restoring the backup data, the imported backup schedules can be deleted.
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