HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software - Manual (Page 34)

When you select a folder, Data Protector Express automatically selects the latest version for that folder
and for every file within that folder. If you wish to restore as of another date, select the desired version
from the version list. The version list shows all of the versions of the folder and the media on which those
versions are stored. The selected folder version is used to the select files contained within that folder.
Specifically, a file is selected for restoring only if a file version matches the folder version.
NOTE:
When you specify a version date for a folder, volume or other container, files stored in that container are
only selected when they have a version date that matches the version date of the container . Many times,
files will not have version dates that match the dates of the containers where they are stored.
For example, when you select a version date from an incremental or differential backup job, you must select the
latest version available for that container to be sure you recover all of the files inside that container.
In general, if you want to restore a specific version of the file, you must select that file directly and specify
which version you wish to restore in the Versions of window.
Restoring folders compared with restoring files
You can select the contents of the folder in one of two ways: either by individually marking the selection
box of each object in that folder one-by-one or by marking the selection box of the folder itself. Which
method you choose is important because it affects which files Data Protector Express includes in the
selection list after changes have been made to that folder.
For example, if you select a folder for restoring by marking its selection box, all of the contents of that
folder are restored. If a new backup job is run before the restore job is run, Data Protector Express selects
files for restoring using the new folder’s contents. So, for example, if a new file is created in that folder,
Data Protector Express will also restore that file. Additionally, if you have selected a latest version of
the folder, Data Protector Express will use the latest version of each file in its catalog. These files may
be newer than the files you originally selected.
Restoring Files with New Names and Locations
When you restore a file, you may wish to restore the file with a new name or in a new location. If you
restore a file to its original location using its original name, and that file currently exists there, Data
Protector Express overwrites the current file with the restored file.
You can avoid overwriting current files by giving the file a new name or by restoring the file to a new
directory.
Restoring a file with a new name
After a file has been selected for restoring, you can rename the file. When you rename the file, Data
Protector Express restores the file with the new name. This can be useful for not overwriting versions
of the file that currently exist on disk.
To rename a file, right click the file name on the Selection page of the restore job, select Rename from the
context menu and type the new name. Once you run the job the renamed file will be restored to the
directory in which the original file was located.
NOTE:
When you rename a version, you are only renaming that file for the purposes of restoring it with this
particular restore job. Only the current restore job will assign the new name to that file . When you create
a new restore job, you will see the file displayed with its original name. Similarly, the Catalog view always
displays files with the names they had when they were backed up.
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