Restoring data to a specified Frequent Recovery Point

You can use the Restore window to restore a point-in-time Frequent Recovery Point backup copy that is created after a full backup operation using the Restore window. SnapManager combines the restore operation of a full backup copy and the required transaction logs to restore to the selected recovery point.

Before you begin

Determine the Frequent Recovery Points of the backup copies that you want to restore.

About this task

Do not perform a restore operation while a backup operation is in progress. If you cancel a current backup operation in progress, SnapManager pauses all the active scheduled backup jobs on the Exchange server, or on all nodes in the cluster environment, and cancels the current backup copy before performing the restore operation. On completing the restore operation, SnapManager reenables the paused scheduled backup jobs. All the other inactive jobs are not changed.

If you want to restore after the current backup operation completes, SnapManager pauses all the active scheduled backup jobs on the current Exchange server ( on all nodes in the cluster environment) but waits for the completion of the current backup operation before performing the restore operation. On completing the restore operation, SnapManager reenables the paused scheduled backup jobs. All the other inactive jobs are not changed.

After an actual restore process, you can optionally perform a backup and verification operation to verify that your restored database is free of physical-level corruption.

Steps

In the Scope pane, click Restore.
Select the storage groups that you want to restore, and then double-click the backup sets that you want to restore.
In the Actions pane, select Restore.
In the Choose databases to restore pane, select the databases that you want to restore.
Under Type of Restore, select Point in time.
Click Select Recovery Point.
In the Scope for Recovery Point Selection list, select the date, start time, and end time.
Click Refresh.
Select a recovery point from the Available Recovery Points list.
SnapManager restores the transaction logs up to the selected recovery point. These logs are later played forward by Exchange during recovery.
Click OK.

To coordinate the backup and restore processes, click Advanced Options.

If you want to...	Then do this...
Cancel the current backup operation in progress	Select Cancel conflicting backup that is in progress.
Restore after the current backup operation is complete	Select Wait for running backup to complete.
End the restore operation	Select Abort restore if conflicting operation is running.

In the Operation Options pane, select one of the following to configure exhaustive verification and mount settings:

If you want...	Then do this...
To perform exhaustive verification of the transaction log sequence and database metadata before the restore process	Select Verify Transaction Log Sequence and Database Metadata Before Restore and Exhaustive Verification.
SnapManager to automatically remount your restored databases immediately after the restore operation	Select Recover and mount database after restore.

If you are performing a test restore operation, click Test Restore.
1. To check the current logs (for up-to-the-minute restore operations only) and run database verification, in the Select Test Restore Options window, select Check current Logs.
2. To verify databases and transaction logs on available destination volumes, select Run Verification on Computer.
SnapManager displays the Restore Status window, showing the tasks that are performed for the restore process.
Click Start Now.