Using CA ARCserve D2D for Linux › How to Perform a File-Level Recovery › Specify the Recovery Point

Specify the Recovery Point

Each time that you perform a backup, a recovery point is created. Specify the recovery point information in the Restore Wizard so that you can recover the exact data that you want. You can restore specific files or all files depending on your requirement.

Note: If you have selected Source local as your backup destination, the D2D Server cannot manage the recovery points. The D2D server cannot connect to the Source local directly and so the Recovery Set settings are not applied on the recovery points.

To restore files from Source local, follow these steps:

1. Share the backup destination (Source local) and ensure that the D2D server can connect to the backup destination.
2. Add the shared destination as the backup storage location to the D2D server.

Now, Source local behaves as an NFS backup storage location and you can restore files from the share.

Follow these steps:

1. Enter the URL of the D2D server in a web browser to open the CA ARCserve D2D for Linux interface.

   Note: During the installation of CA ARCserve D2D for Linux, you received the URL to access and manage the server.

2. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Restore File.

   Restore Wizard - File Restore opens.

   You can see the selected D2D server in the D2D Server page of the Restore Wizard.

3. Click Next.

   The Recovery Points page of the Restore Wizard opens.

4. Select a session from the Session Location drop-down list and enter the full path of the share.

   For example, consider the Session Location as NFS share, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as the IP address of the NFS share, and the folder name is Data. You would enter xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/Data as the NFS share location.

   Note: If the backed up data is stored in Source local, then you must first convert the source node to an NFS server, and then share the session location.

5. Click Connect.

   All the nodes that have been backed up to this location get listed in the Machine drop-down list.

6. Select the node that you want to restore from the Machine drop-down list.

   All the recovery points of the selected node get listed.

7. Apply the date filter to display the recovery points that are generated between the specified date and click Search.

   Default: Recent two weeks.

   All the recovery points available between the specified dates are displayed.

8. Select the recovery point that you want to restore and click Add. If the recovery point is encrypted, enter the encryption password to restore data.

   The Browse-<node name> dialog opens.

9. Select the files and folders that you want to restore and click OK.

   Note: If you try to locate a file or folder using the Search field, ensure that you select the highest folder in the hierarchy. The search is conducted on all the child folders of the selected folder.

   The Browse-<node name> dialog closes and you return to the Recovery Points page. The selected files and folders are listed under Files/Folders to be restored.

10. Click Next.

    The Target Machine page opens.

The recovery point is specified.