Creating a restore selection list

A restore selection list includes all of the resources that you want to restore.

To create a restore selection list

  1. On the navigation bar, click Job Setup.

  2. On the Task pane, under Selection List Tasks, click New restore selection list.

  3. Select the resources that you want to include in the selection list.

  4. Select the appropriate options as follows:

    Selection list

    Type the name of this selection list or use the name that Backup Exec provides.

    Load selections from existing list

    Click Load Selections from Existing List if you want to load an existing selection list or merge multiple selection lists.

    See Merging and replacing selection lists.

    Search Catalogs

    Click Search Catalogs to search the catalog to find files or other items that you want to restore, or to make sure that you have backups of certain files. This feature also enables you to see all cataloged, backed up versions of a file, so you can restore earlier versions if you need to. You can also use this feature to make sure that you have multiple copies of a file before removing it with an archive job.

    Include/Exclude

    Click Include/Exclude to select files that you want to include in or exclude from this selection list.

    Include subdirectories

    Select this option if you want to select the contents of all the subfolders when a directory is selected.

    Show file details

    Select this option to display details about the files available for selecting.

    Preview pane

    Select this check box to display the preview pane at the bottom of the dialog box, or clear this check box to remove the preview pane.

    Beginning backup date

    Displays only when the View by Media and View by Resource tabs are selected. To enable date ranges, check the check box next to the date. To display only the catalogs for data that was backed up during a specific date range, enter the beginning date in this field and enter the ending date in the Ending backup date field.

    Ending backup date

    Displays only when the View by Media and View by Resource tabs are selected. To enable date ranges, check the check box next to the date. To display only the catalogs for data that was backed up during a specific date range, enter the ending date in this field and enter the beginning date in the Beginning backup date field.

    View by Resource

    Select this tab to display backed up data by the resource from which it was backed up. This feature is useful for finding files that were located on a certain server or workstation.

    View by Media

    Select this tab to display the data that is contained on a piece of media. This feature is useful for viewing the contents of a tape that was backed up from another media server.

    View Selection Details

    Select this tab to display details about the media selected on either the View by Resource tab or the View by Media tab. The details that display include the date and time when the media was created, the media label, and the backup set to which the media belongs.

  5. (Optional) To change or test a logon account for the resources, on the Properties pane, under Source, click Resource Credentials.

    See “To change and test resource credentials for restore jobs”.

  6. Click OK.