Changing your restore source view

For each restore job, you must specify a source and a destination. The source will always be a tape and the destination will be a client drive or volume.


SCO ARCserve/Open's restore feature provides you with the most convenient and thorough method for finding the files you want to restore. There are three methods by which you can choose to restore your client:


It all depends on what you know about the files you want to restore and the tape(s) you will need to use.



The SCO SRCserve/Open database provides a view of what exists on tape

The three available restore methods display the source information by either using the SCO ARCserve/Open database or by reading what tape devices are currently attached to the SCO ARCserve/Open host. ``Tree View'' and ``Tape View'' use the database, ``Tape Session'' does not.

When using either ``Tree View'' or ``Tape View'', the information for the source tree is taken from the SCO ARCserve/Open database and includes information based on all the backups made since you started using SCO ARCserve/Open. Unless you have purged or pruned your Job List or Tape List databases, you should be able to restore all files from backups you've performed with SCO ARCserve/Open.



Tree View displays a graphical view of backed up servers and clients

``Tree View'' is the default view in the Source area of the Restore Manager window. All servers and clients that you have backed up will appear. Selecting a client will display the drives or volumes, directories, and files that were backed up from that client. If you've backed up something more than once, your local host for example, the drive will be displayed only once in the graphical tree, but you will still be able to restore any version of your data that is on the hard drive.

Use ``Tree View'' when you have a general idea of what you need to restore. This representation will provide you with the best overall picture of your network and the files you wish to restore.



Tape View displays a graphical view of sessions and files on all tapes

The ``Tape View'' method displays a list of all tapes that have been used for backup jobs, and the files that are contained on them. SCO ARCserve/Open reads the file information directly from its database, which cuts down on the amount of time it would take to read all this information from each of your tapes.

Use the ``Tape View'' method if you already know what tape(s) the data you need to restore is on.



Tape Session diplays tape groups and devices attached to the host

The ``Tape Session'' method displays all the device groups and tapes that are currently attached to the host. You select the device group and tape, and then you can specify the session(s) on the tape to restore.

The ``Tape Session'' method does not use the SCO ARCserve/Open database. Therefore, you cannot pick individual files and directories you want to restore from a directory tree. Unless you specify filters to include or exclude files and directories, every file in a session is restored.

Use the ``Tape Session'' method in the event that the SCO ARCserve/Open databases are not available or the tape's history has not been merged into the SCO ARCserve/Open database.


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