Setting data restore options in the Microsoft Management Console

You can modify the default data restore options that are available in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

Procedure

  1. From the Recover tab, select Database Restore.
  2. Click the Show Restore Options to modify the default restore options as follows:
    AutoSelect
    Set this option to True (default) to quickly select the backup objects to restore. With auto-selection, when you select the most recent backup to restore, all other necessary backups are automatically selected for you, up to the previous full backup. AutoSelect provides these characteristics:
    • Operates when you click a full backup, differential backup, or incremental backup.
    • Ignores copy backups.
    • When you click a full backup, the latest associated differential or all associated incremental backups are selected.
    • When you click a differential backup, the associated full backup is also selected.
    • When you click an incremental backup, the associated full backup and all associated earlier incremental backups are also selected.
    • For VSS backup, automatically selects all databases that were backed up together to the local destination. This statement is not applicable when you back up to Tivoli® Storage Manager.
    AutoSelect does not make more selections when a differential or incremental backup is selected and no associated full backup can be found.
    FromServer
    Enter the name of the server where the original backup is completed. The default value is a wildcard character (*).
    Instant Restore
    Set this option to True to use volume level snapshot restore (instant restore) for local VSS backups if the backup exists on SAN-attached volumes. Set this option to False to disable instant restore, which bypasses volume-level copy and uses file-level copy (fast restore) to restore the files from a local VSS backup. The default value is True, which uses volume level snapshot restore if it is supported.

    This option is available for VSS operations only. When you use instant restore for SAN Volume Controller earlier than version 5.1 or DS8000®, a best practice is to make sure that any previous background copies (that involve the volumes that are being restored) are completed before you initiate the instant restore.

    This option is automatically set to False during restoreinto operations.

    In an instant restore operation, files on the destination file system are overwritten. Also, an instant restore of incremental and differential backups are automatically converted to file-level restores. An instant restore operation requires that the drive or volume where the mailbox database is located must be available. Any other process or application must not have access to the drive or volume.

    Mount Databases After Restore
    Select the MountDatabasesAfterRestore option to automatically mount databases after the recovery completes.
    Replay Restored and Current Logs
    Use the ReplayRestoredANDCurrentLogs option to replay any transaction log entries that display in the current active-transaction log. This log includes both current and restored logs. This option is the default value. This option is not supported for instant restore.