About true image restores

Table: True image restore backup example lists the files that are backed up in the C:\home\abc\doc directory during a series of backups between 12/01/2009 and 12/04/2009. Assume that Collect true image restore information was turned on for the policy that performed the backups.

Table: True image restore backup example

Day	Type of backup	Files that are backed up in C:\user\doc
12/01/2009	Full	file1 file2 dirA/fileA dirB/fileB file3
12/02/2009	Incremental	file1 file2 dirA/fileA ---------- -----
12/03/2009	Incremental	file1 file2 dirA/fileA ---------- -----
12/04/2009	User backup	file1 file2 dirA/fileA ---------- ----- dirC/fileC file4
12/04/2009	Incremental	file1 file2 ---------- ---------- ----- ---------- file4

Note:

Dashes ( ------ ) indicate that the file was deleted before this backup.

Assume that the 12/04/2009 version of the C:\user\doc directory needs to be restored.

After a regular restore, the restored directory contains all files and directories that ever existed in C:\user\doc from 12/01/2009 (last full backup) through 12/04/2009:
```
file1
file2
dirA\fileA
dirB\fileB
file3
dirC\fileC
file4
```
A true image restore of the 12/04/2009 backup creates a directory that contains only the files and directories that existed at the time of the incremental backup:
```
file1
file2
file4
```
NetBackup does not restore any of the files that were deleted before the 12/04/2009 incremental backup.

The restored directory does not include the subdirectories dirA and dirC, even though they were backed up on 12/04/2009 with a user backup.

NetBackup did not restore these directories because they did not exist at the time of the incremental backup. The incremental backup was the reference for the true image restore.