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File Space Backup Version

Within the time period specified in the search range fields, CA VM:Backup restores the most recently backed up version of a source file space. If this version is from an incremental backup, to restore this version, CA VM:Backup goes back to the full backup of the file space for authorizations and other object metadata.

• The default search range goes up to the current time.
• Therefore, by default, CA VM:Backup restores the most recently backed up version that exists of the file space.

To restore a version other than the most recent, change the To date to an earlier date. For example, if today is 1/7/15 and you want to restore a version of the file space from before 1/2/15, change the To date to 1/1/15 and the time to 23:59.

To control how far back CA VM:Backup searches when looking for data to restore, change the start date. CA VM:Backup restores a file space only if it was backed up at least once during the date range. However, when it restores a file space from an incremental backup, CA VM:Backup goes back to the full backup for metadata even if that backup was performed before the start date.