Restoring individual saved items

It is sometimes necessary to restore individual items on your system (for example, if a file is corrupted or accidentally deleted).

When you use BRMS backup control groups to back up items on your system, you can restore those items from the backup history. When you restore an item from the backup history, you can view details about the item, such as when it was backed up or how large it is. If several versions of the item exist in the save history, you can select which version of the item you want to restore. The items must have been backed up with a BRMS backup control group.

Note: In order to have details about the item, you must be saving the item with object level detail. These are options when setting up your BRMS backup control group.

For example, if a mail database was corrupted by a user, you can easily find and restore the database file by following these steps:

1. Select Backup, Recovery, and Media Services > Restore action item.
2. Under Saved items on the Save History - Include window, select Directories or file for the Type field and enter userName.nsf (for example, msmith.nsf) in the File field and click OK.

   Other include criteria can also be specified to further filter the search.

3. On the Save History window, choose the file you wish to restore and select Restore.
4. Follow the instructions of the Restore wizard to restore the items.