Performing a Restore Using NT Backup Overview

Chapter 89: Performing a Restore Using NT Backup

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Overview ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................ ................891 891 Loading the Catalog of Backup Sets From a Tape................................ Tape................................................................ ................................................................ ..................................................... .....................891 891 Loading the Catalog of Files for Individual Backup Sets................................ Sets................................................................ ................................................................ ............................................. .............892 892 Selecting Items to Restore................................ Restore................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ ....................................................... .......................893 893 Restoring the Selected Items ................................................................ ................................................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................... ...................893 893

Overview
If you have missing or corrupted files, you will need to restore them from your backup tape(s). You can restore the entire contents of a tape, selected backup sets, or specific individual files. Before restoring files, you must ensure that SAP and the database are shutdown!

Loading the Catalog of Backup Sets From a Tape

1. In the Program Manager, doubleclick on the Backup icon in the Administrative Tools program group. 2. Follow the path Windows Tapes. Double-click on the Tapes windows title bar to maximize the window.
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If you do not want to restore an entire tape, you must load the tapes catalog to display a list of backup sets:

3. Click on the tape name to select it. 4. To load the tape catalog, either double-click the Catalog icon, double-click the tapes icon, or follow the path Operations Catalog. After searching the tape, a complete list of backup sets is displayed in the Tapes window. The question marks (?) displayed in the icons indicates that their individual catalogs have not been loaded.

Loading the Catalog of Files for Individual Backup Sets

If you want to restore an entire backup set or tape, you can proceed to the next section. If you need to restore individual files, you will need to find out which files are in each backup set. The following steps explain how to load a catalog of files for a specific backup set. 1. Click on the backup-set name to select it (for example, C:). 2. To load the catalog, either doubleclick the Catalog icon, double-click the tapes icon, or follow the path Operations Catalog. After the catalog is loaded, the question mark for that set is changed into a plus (+) sign. 3. A complete list of directories and files in the backup set is displayed.

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Corrupt files and their corresponding directories are marked with a red X.

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Selecting Items to Restore

To restore files, you must first select the tapes, backup sets, or files you wish to restore. Choose one of the following three options, or use options 2 and 3 together for a custom restore: 1. To select all the files on a tape: In the Tapes window, select the checkbox for the appropriate tape. 2. To select individual backup sets on a tape: Select the check-boxes for each backup set you want to restore. 3. To select individual files in a backup set: Select the check-boxes for each filename you want to restore.
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Restoring the Selected Items

1. Click the Restore button in the toolbar to open the Restore Information window. 2. In the Restore to Drive field, specify the drive to which you want the information restored. 3. Select the Verify After Restore checkbox if you wish to verify the contents of the files restored to disk against the files on tape. This will also generate a log of exceptions. 4. Select the Restore File Permissions check-box to have the system restore ACL information along with the file.
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5. Select the Restore Local Registry check-box to restore the Registry files. (You must restart the computer after the backup in order for the registry files to take affect.) 6. Click the OK button to start the restore process. If the file on a disk is newer than the file being restored from the tape, a dialog box will appear asking you to confirm file replacement. If the a file or backup set spans two or more tapes, you will be prompted to insert the additional tape(s).

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It is possible that a screen like the one pictured to the right may appear:
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7. If this screen appears, click Yes to all. 8. Check to see that the restore was completed successfully and then click OK. 9. To exit NT Backup, follow the path Operations Exit.

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For further details refer to R/3 System Administration Made Easy Performing a Full System Backup Using NTBackup (Ch. 88) Basis Courses R/3 Installation on Windows NT (PABC90)

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