Unlike using the Restore wizard to restore your databases, using the Restore window enables you to configure the restore process on your own.
Before you begin
• Close all windows on the Exchange server that runs SnapManager.
• Disable any SnapManager operations that are scheduled to run against the Exchange data that you want to restore, including any jobs scheduled on remote management or remote verification servers.
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 Database Availability Group environment, and cancels the current backup copy before performing the restore operation. After completing the restore operation, SnapManager re-enables 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 DAG environment) but waits for the completion of the current backup operation before performing the restore operation. On completing the restore operation, SnapManager re-enables 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
1. In the Scope pane, click Restore.
2. Select the database that you want to restore.
If you want to restore from an archived backup copy and have datasets configured in your system, select the SnapVault and SnapMirror-enabled storage systems from the listed archived backup copies.
3. Double-click the backup copy under the database that you want to restore. 4. In the Actions pane, select Restore.
5. In the Choose databases to restore pane, select the databases that you want to restore.
6. Under Type of Restore, select if you want an up-to-the-minute restore or a point-in-time restore
operation.
7. If you do not want to perform exhaustive verification of the transaction log sequence and
database metadata before the restore process, click Advanced Options.
8. Under Operation Options, clear the Verify Transaction Log Sequence and Database Metadata Before Restore and Exhaustive Verification check boxes.
9. Coordinate the backup and restore processes using the Job Control Options pane:
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.
10. If the restore server does not have access to the archived backup storage, click Advanced options, and then under Archived Backup Access, select Restore server does not have access to the archived backup storage.
11. If you are performing a test restore operation, click Test Restore.
a. 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. b. 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.
12. Click Start Now.
Restoring databases to a specified FRP
You can use the Restore window to restore a point-in-time Frequent Recovery Point (FRP) database backup that is created after a full backup or copy backup operation using the Restore window. SnapManager combines the restore operation of a full database backup or copy backup and the required transaction logs to restore to the selected recovery point. You can also do a test restore to check the current logs (for up-to-the-minute restore operations only) and run database verification.
Before you begin
You must know the FRPs of the backup copies that you want to restore. No backup operations can be running.
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 DAG environment, and cancels 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.
If you want to restore after the current backup operation finishes, SnapManager pauses all the active scheduled backup jobs on the current Exchange server (on all nodes in the DAG 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 a restore process, you can optionally perform a backup and verification operation to verify that your restored database is free of physical-level corruption.
Steps
1. In the Scope pane, click Restore.
2. Select the databases that you want to restore, and then double-click the backup sets that you want
to restore.
3. In the Actions pane, select Restore.
4. In the Choose databases to restore pane, select the databases that you want to restore. 5. Under Type of Restore, select Point in time.
6. Click Select Recovery Point.
8. Click Refresh.
9. 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 rolled forward by Exchange during recovery.
10. Click OK.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. If you are performing a test restore operation, click Test Restore.
a. 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. b. 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.
Recovery of a database to an FRP
When you restore a full or copy backup, you can specify the recovery point from the subsequent FRP backups. SnapManager performs a point-in-time restore operation and recovers the database up to the specified recovery point.