Original location

By default, backups are automatically restored to their original source location. This process over-writes existing files of the same name.

Alternate location

You have the option to Restore to an Alternate Location in this dialog box.

Dump to

(SharePoint Only)

This box appears for Microsoft SharePoint backup sets only.

Salesforce DB

(Salesforce.com Only)

This box appears for “Salesforce.com” backup sets only, when you are performing an Item-Level Restore.

Connect to Salesforce with

(Salesforce.com Only)

This box appears for “Salesforce.com” backup sets only, when you are performing an Item-Level Restore.

Icon

This column displays different icons, depending on the item type.

Source

Shows the source share from where the backup set files originated.

Destination

By default, the destination is the same as the source share. To change the destination share, double click on this cell and a drop down list allows you to select from all the available shares on the alternate location.

Restore To

Double click on this cell to select a location to restore to on the destination share. This brings up the Select Directory dialog box. You can also type the path directly into the cell.

Share Path

This column appears if you need to select an alternate server. If the share path cannot be obtained due to user privilege restrictions, you must type a path in manually.

Notes:

Truncate

If the selected restore items contain a common path, you can shorten the common portion of the restore path by increasing the truncate level in the number box. Truncated portions of the restore path will disappear.

Note:

Restore from Nimble Storage snapshots

Select this check box to restore from the snapshots on the production Nimble Storage or Nimble Storage replication partner. This option is displayed only when you are restoring data for a Microsoft SQL Server (VSS-aware) backup set that is integrated with Nimble Storage.

Restore as Pure Files

(Linux DS-Client)

[Alternate location restores]

This option is available for some backup set types. It allows you to restore only the data files to the alternate location. This means no database loading or other special backup set type handling will be performed.

Restore Option File

This option only applies for VSS-aware backup sets, when restoring to an alternate location.

Rename Component

(Windows DS-Client)

[VSS-aware backup sets]

This option is only available for alternate location restores. It allows you to rename individual components being restored.

Restore database file only (DS-Client Buffer)

(Windows DS-Client)

[“Backup from the Cloud” (Salesforce.com) backup sets]

Restores the backed up data as a single, pure database file to the DS-Client Buffer, then copies the file to the final destination you specify.

Restore to local disk

(Windows DS-Client)

[“Backup from the Cloud” (Google G Suite & Microsoft Office 365) and Microsoft Exchange Server EWS backup sets]

Restores the selected data to a disk location on the DS-Client computer.

Note: UNC paths are not supported with this option.

Archive restored files to PST (Windows DS-Client)

[“Backup from the Cloud” (Microsoft Office 365) and Microsoft Exchange Server EWS backup sets]

Archives Microsoft Exchange data to a PST file at the location specified for Restore to local disk.

 

This option is available when you have selected to restore Microsoft Exchange data to local disk. This option is unavailable when Microsoft SharePoint data is selected for the restore activity.

(Google G Suite)

This check box appears if you are restoring a ‘Backup from the Cloud’ (Google G Suite) backup set.

Icon

This column displays different icons depending on the item type.

Datacenter

This column shows the source VMware vSphere datacenter from which the backup set files originated.

Alternate Location: This option allows you to select a different datacenter, folder path, virtual machine name, host, and datastore to be the restore destination.

Folder Path

This column shows the destination folder location to which the target virtual machine will be restored.

VM Name

This column shows the name of the target virtual machine when it is restored.

Host

This column shows the destination ESXi host to which the virtual machine will be restored.

Datastore

(Windows DS-Client)

This column shows the name of the datastore. For alternate location restores, this column lists the datastores that are available on the selected destination host to which you are restoring the individual disks.

Show Datastores / Hide Datastores

(Linux DS-Client)

Opens or hides the Files List for the highlighted virtual machine. This option only appears if you are restoring a full virtual machine (VM-level Restore).