Overview of application backup restore operations using the appliance management console

The restore function reverts production data to a specified point in time. Restoring replaces the original production application data with the specified point-in-time backup. This restoration results in the loss of all current application data as the application will be restored to its status at the point-in-time when the backup was created. This operation cannot be undone.

Typically restore operations are performed to restore a database to a valid state after events like unexpected data corruption. The amount of time required to complete a restore operation depends on the amount of data involved.

Only users with the Restore Manage right can perform a Restore operation. User roles are detailed in Managing Roles.

The appliance management console restores applications in different ways. In all cases, the backup replaces the identical original production data. In some cases, new data created after the backup was taken may be protected from being overwritten.

Use this procedure to restore captured application backups from a specific point-in-time. If you are selecting applications from a VM, ensure that the Backup and DR agent is installed on the Virtual Machine and applications on the VM have been discovered.

Each type of application has prerequisites, constraints, or requirement. See Restoring VMs and Specific Types of Applications for details.

When you restore a point-in-time backup, backup plan management of the application is disabled in App Manager.

Restore an application backup

To restore a point-in-time backup from a managed application:

  1. Click the App Manager tab and select Applications from the drop-down menu. The Applications page opens.
  2. Select the application with the backup you want to restore and then choose Access from the drop-down list at the bottom of the Applications page. The Access page opens listing captured backups appears in the Timeline ramp view. For more information on the view, see Accessing the Timeline Ramp View of a backup.

  3. Select the backup and select Restore from the list of access operations. The Restore page opens.

  4. Select a single volume or multiple volumes to restore. By default all the volumes are selected.

  5. Click Submit. A warning dialog opens. Read it and then enter DATA LOSS to confirm.

  6. Depending on your configuration, a second warning may appear. If so, you need to enter OVERWRITE OTHER APPS to confirm the restore operation.

    The restore job starts. You can verify that the restore operation is successful by viewing the job status in the Monitor tab.

    When the database backup is restored, the appliance management console creates a new database backup populated with data copied from the specified point-in-time backup.

Restore specific types of applications

The backup/recovery appliance restores applications in different ways. In all cases, the point-in-time backup replaces the identical original production data. In some cases, new data created after the backup was taken may be protected from being overwritten.

Restoring always involves risk of data loss. The appliance management console offers other options for recovering data from your backup/recovery appliances. When restoring applications from managed databases, be sure to take into account the following information.

For system restore, see the following:

For database restore:

For file system and other application types, see the following: