Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Performing a browsable recover with NetWorker User

Perform these steps on the administering host.

1. Open the NetWorker User program.
   To recover data that was encrypted with the current AES pass phrase, no special action is required. However, to recover data that was encrypted with an AES pass phrase that is different than the current pass phrase,start the recover command specify the -p pass_phrase. To enter multiple pass phrases with the -p option, type: recover -p pass_phrase1 -p pass_phrase2 -p pass_phrase3.

   NOTE:When an incorrect pass phrase or no pass phrase is entered, encrypted data is not recovered. Instead, the file names are created without data. However, if unencrypted data is also selected for recovery, it is recovered.
2. Select the NetWorker server when you are prompted.
3. From the Operations menu, select Recover/Directed. To perform a save set recover, select Save Set Recover.
4. Select the source host that has the data you want to recover, then click OK.
5. Select the destination host for the recovered data, then click OK.
6. Mark the files and directories to recover, in the Recover window.
   NOTE:When a drive letter is not present on the destination client, the drive appears with a red question mark.
7. Select optional recover options. The following table summarizes the available recovery options.
   NOTE:To achieve consistency of setting the browse or retention time from remote machine, it is recommended to have time sync between NetWorker server and remote machine such as NMC. Ensure that browse is always lower or equal to retention period.

   Table 1. Optional browsable recovery options

   Recover option	Details
   Change the browse time	The Recovery window appears with the latest version of the backup files. To change the browse date and time for all files in the Recovery window: Select View > Change Browse Time. On the Change Browse Time window, select a new day within the calendar. Select Previous Month or Next Month to change from the current month. In the Time field, change the time of day by typing an hour, minute, and the letter a (for a.m.) or p (for p.m.). Use the 12-hour format. Click OK.
   View all versions of a selected file or directory	The Recovery window appears with the latest version of the backup files. When you mark a file system object for example, a file or directory, you recover the last backup version. To view earlier versions of file system objects: Highlight the file or directory that you want to review. Select View > Versions. Select a previous version. Select Change Browse Time. When prompted to change the browse time, click OK. Mark the new version of the file system object.
   Search for file system objects	To search for file system objects in the defined browser time: From the File menu, select Find. Type the name of the file or directory. Use wildcards to expand the search. Without wildcards, partial file names result in no match being found.
   Relocate the recovered file system objects	By default, NetWorker recovers file system objects to their original location. To relocate the files to a different location: Select Options > Recover Options In the Relocate Recovered Data To field, type the path on the destination host to recover the data, then click OK. For NDMP data restores, the target path is a string and must match the path as seen by the NAS filer in its native OS. Otherwise, NetWorker recovers the files to the original location and overwrites the existing file host with the same name. NetWorker for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) User Guide provides details about NDMP recoveries.
   View volumes required for recovery	Before you start the recovery operation, monitor which volumes NetWorker requires to recover the selected file system objects. To view the required volumes, select View > Required Volumes. Ensure that the listed volumes are available or NetWorker to mount into an available device.
   Resolve name conflicts	By default, the Naming Conflict window appears each time there is a file name conflict during a recovery. To specify the method to automatically resolve all name conflicts: Select Options > Recover Options. Select a conflict resolution option: Rename the recovered files. 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. Overwrite existing file: Replaces the file on the file system with the recovered version. Overwrite and replace a reboot: Replaces the file on the file system with the recovered version after you restart the destination host. NDMP recoveries do not support resolving name conflicts NDMP recoveries always overwrite existing files. Relocate the NDMP data to a different location to avoid data loss. NetWorker for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) User Guide describes how to perform NDMP recoveries

8. Click Start to begin the recovery. It takes the NetWorker server a few moments to recover the files, depending on file size, network traffic, server load, and tape positioning. During this time, messages appear so that you can monitor the progress of the recovery.

   When the recovery is successful, a message similar to this appears:

   Received 1 file(S) from NSR server server
   Recover completion time: Tue Jan 21 08:33:04 2009

   NOTE:When an error occurs while recovering Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft SQL Server data by using VSS, you must restart the recovery process. When the recovery fails due to a problem with VSS or a writer, an error message appears. Use the Windows Event Viewer to examine the event logs for more information. VSS recovery error messages are also written to the NetWorker log file.