Restoring an Enterprise Vault file system component

You can use the same procedure to restore an Enterprise Vault file system component such as an index location, an open partition, a closed partition, or a ready partition. When you restore an index location, you restore the index folders that reside in the hierarchy of that location. When you restore an open partition, you restore the selected physical store for the Enterprise Vault archives. An open partition can be an NTFS directory or an NAS device share and only one open partition can exist in a vault store. In addition, a vault store can contain one or more closed partitions that you can select to restore.

Use any of the following methods to restore Enterprise Vault file system data:

Run the restore from the NetBackup master server.
Run the restore from the system that hosted the Enterprise Vault file system data and also the NetBackup policy client for the Enterprise Vault file system data backup images.
Run the restore from the system that hosted the Enterprise Vault file system data. However, this system was not the NetBackup policy client for the Enterprise Vault file system data backup images.

By default, a NetBackup client is not allowed to show the backup images where the policy client for those images is some other NetBackup client. In this case, you may have to add a No Restriction File on the NetBackup master server. That allows this NetBackup client to show and restore the backup images of Enterprise Vault file system data that were taken through another NetBackup client.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume I for more information about the No Restriction File.

To restore an Enterprise Vault component

Log on as administrator.
Stop the Enterprise Vault administrative services on all Enterprise Vault systems.
Open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
Click File > Select Files and Folders to Restore > from Normal Backup.
In the Restore window, select the Enterprise-Vault policy type (click File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type).
Click OK.
From the NetBackup History pane, select the image(s) that contain the objects that you want to restore and restore them in the following sequence:
- The full backup image
- The last cumulative image
- The series of differential images that were taken after the last cumulative backup
In the All Folders pane, expand Enterprise Vault Resources.
Expand the Enterprise Vault file system components that you want to restore.
The following list provides examples of what you expand and select:
- Expand Index Locations and select the Index folders that you want to restore.
- Expand EV Vault Store > All Partitions and select the open partition that you want to restore.
- Expand EV Vault Store > All Partitions and select the closed partition(s) that you want to restore.
- Expand EV Vault Store > All Partitions and select the ready partition(s) that you want to restore.
Click Actions > Restore.
In the Enterprise Vault Restore dialog box, click the General tab and configure the various settings for your restore.
Click Start Restore.
Repeat steps 7 through 12 for each image that you select to restore.
After the restore, return to the Enterprise Vault servers that manages the restored Enterprise Vault file system data. Click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services and restart the Enterprise Vault services on each of the Enterprise Vault servers.