Run restore

To perform restore is used the restore wizard available in the main menu.

What is required?

• Any version of the Bacularis web interface

How to do it?

In the Bacularis web interface please go to the Restore page available in the main menu.

Step 1 - Client

The wizard starts from selecting the Bacula Client that data we want to restore. Please find on the Client list the Bacula Client that data you would like to recover.

The Enable restore from copy jobs feature option is checked by default. There is advised to keep it enabled even if you are not planning to restore the copy job at the moment. For backup job types this option does not have meaning, and for copy jobs it helps to select proper copies to restore.

Step 2 - Backup

In this step you can see the backup jobs from the Bacula Client selected in the previous step. Here you can decide with which exact backups you would like to prepare the restore.

There are two backup selection ways:

Selected backup method

This method is checked by default. You need to choose one backup job in the backup table. This selected backup together with appropriate previous backups will be automatically used to restore in the next wizard step. This selected backup is like a point in time to which you would like to prepare the restore. So, to restore will not be prepared only one backup but also auto-selected previous incremental and differential backups until the full level backup (see image above). This is for having complete consistent backup data ready to restore.

In addition, there is possible to search backups by the filename stored in backup and also by the file path. above the backup job table you can find fields for that. This searching can be specially useful if you know a filename that you want to restore or the filename part because the searching works also with the name parts.

Group most recent backups method

Selected to restore are always all latest backups chosen using the backup Job name and FileSet resource criteria. The selection includes appropriate incremental and differential backups until the full level backup (see image above). This is for having complete consistent backup data ready to restore.

In this method you need to select the Job name and the FileSet resource.

Step 3 - Files

You are in the step where you can select files to restore. On the left side is the file browser where you can browser the files from selected in the previous step backups. By default the file browser is in the flat mode. Using the radio buttons above the browser, you can switch it to the tree mode if you prefer that.

Please choose files to restore using the “drag and drop” method or by clicking the Add link available in each file and directory line. The dragged elements you need to drop at the white box on the bottom right.

If in the left file browser you click a file, then in the white box on the top right you will be able to select file versions from all backups that backed up it. The selected file version you can drag and drop to the white box on the bottom right. Alternatively you can use the Add link available in each the file version line.

Step 4 - Options

In the Restore to client you can select a destination Client where files will be restored. By default there is selected the same Client as the backup Client.

In the Restore to directory field, please type a path on the destination Client, where the files should be restored. Setting the slash / path causes restoring files to the original locations.

In the File options section please choose desired Replace files option.

In the Volumes section you can see volume or volumes that will be required for this restore. It has special meaning for the magnetic tapes and volumes on removable devices that need to be prepared for this restore. For file storage volumes with fixed (not removable) devices this information about needed volumes does not require any additional action.

Step 5 - Run

Please review the restore summary and if everything is correct, you can run the restore.

Video guide

Here you can watch the video guide that shows performing the Bacula backup restore with the Bacularis restore wizard.