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Restoring backups of CIFS/NFS clients

When restoring from a CIFS/NFS backup, you can restore to any CIFS or NFS NAS device that has been added to the Unitrends appliance. When restoring from a CIFS/NFS backup, the original location of the backup is the default restore target. If you wish to restore to a location on the NAS other than the original path, you can select another registered client.

To restore a CIFS or NFS backup

In the Navigation pane, select the NAS client whose backup you will restore.

Select Restore from the Main Menu. A wheel representing a 24-hour time period displays.

Select a backup from the Recovery Point Times list on the left side of the Center Stage.

If no backups are listed, click through the calendar until a date displays in bold, signifying an available backup.

Note: In addition to appearing in the calendar, available backups appear as a green slice on the 24-hour time wheel.

Select Next (Select Files/Items) at the bottom right of the screen.

Select the volumes or files you wish to restore.

Note: Use the Advanced file selection option if you have a large amount of volumes and want to quickly select all for restore.

(Optional) To exclude a subset of the files you selected in step 5, click Show File Exclusion Options. Then enter exclusion patterns to exclude files that you do not wish to restore. See File exclusion options for details.

(Optional) To restore to another client or to a different location on the original client, select Show Advanced Execution Options and enter the following:

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Client To Which To Restore - Client where data will be restored. The original client displays by default. To restore to a different client, select it in the list. If you do not see the desired client, add it as CIFS/NFS storage as described in Adding CIFS/NFS clients.

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Target Directory - Enter the full path where the data will be restored. For example, if the original NAS backup was of this directory:

/mnt/NAS/folder/subFolder1

and you wish to restore to:

/mnt/NAS/folder/subFolder2

enter the full path in the Target Directory field under Restore Advanced Execution Options:

/mnt/NAS/folder/subFolder2

Note: If you enter /subFolder2 only, the restore is written to the root mount point on the backup appliance (/mnt in our example). This could fill the root mount point and crash the appliance.

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For details on other options, see Advanced Execution Options for restore.

Click Restore on the bottom right of the screen to start the restore.

The restore progress bar displays. Progress can also be viewed by selecting Status > Present (Currently Executing Jobs). For details, see Monitoring running restore jobs.