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Dell Replay Manager Version 7.8 Administrator’s Guide

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Restore Data to its Original Location

Use the Restore Snapshot dialog box to recover (overwrite) the original data with the selected restore point data.

About this task

The Restore action restores data to its original location, overwriting existing data with the restore point data. To prevent losing any data at the original location, make sure to take a backup after all changes are made to a database before using Restore or use Expose (rather than Restore) and then manually merge Replay data with the existing data.
NOTE:For VMware Virtual Machines restore points only: Under some conditions, restore operations do not retain the thin-provisioned state of the original component; that is, a restore operation may allocate all virtual disk space, resulting in greater than expected space consumption.
NOTE:The Restore action is not available for the Local Volumes backup extension. This action includes all restore points that have been transported to another server.
NOTE:The Restore action is not available for the VMware Datastores backup extension.

Steps

  1. In the Server Connections area of the navigation pane, connect to a server or host.
  2. In the Backup Extensions area of the navigation pane, select a data source.
  3. In the explorer pane, select a component. Restore points for the component are displayed in the right side of the explorer.
  4. Select a restore point.
  5. In the Restore Points area of the action pane, click Restore.
    The Restore Snapshot dialog box opens.
  6. In the Components area, select the components to restore.
  7. For Microsoft SQL Server components only: To restore a database component so that you can then apply transaction logs or differential database backups to the restored database, click Do Not Recover Databases.
  8. Review the restore point details, and click Restore.
    NOTE:When restoring a live Hyper-V virtual machine, the following message is displayed in Hyper-V Manager:

    The virtual machine [name] has been deleted. Click Exit to exit Virtual Machine Connection.

    During a restore operation, the Hyper-V VSS writer deletes virtual machines before restoring them. This message does not indicate a problem. Click Exit to acknowledge the message.

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