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Restoring
Backups
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Tutorials |
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Restoring Backups
with SyncBackSE
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Restoring
To restore files select the profile
in the main window and click the Restore button:
You may want to Prepare
SyncBackSE before restoring.
Remember: running a restore
operation is not reversible.
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Using
the Simulated
Restore by right-clicking
on your profile and selecting Simulated
Restore from the pop-up menu will
allow you to check what will happen
without deleting or changing files.
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Step 2
When a profile is run
as a Restore the following dialog appears
(unless you kept the SHIFT key pressed
while clicking the Restore button, or
you have previously switched off this
dialog):
Click Yes to continue.
The Restore Wizard
The Restore Wizard
analyzes your profile and will ask a
set of questions
related to how you want the files restored.
Note that some of the questions below
may not appear if your profile is configured
in such a way that the question is
not
required or relevant. Once you have
gone through all the steps (or click
the Restore
Now button to skip all the steps) the
restore process will begin.
After these
steps, and the source/left and destination/right
are scanned, the
Differences window will appear. This
gives you another opportunity to abort
and also examine and optionally changes
which files will be restored and how
they are restored.
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To
restore from an incremental backup
you should restore from the full
backup folder first and then from
each incremental backup folder
made after that. This means you
may need to run the restore process
several times and restore from
a progressively newer set of backup
files each time. To restore from
a differential backup you should
restore from the full backup then
the last differential backup.
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Last Run
If the last run of the profile was not
a success then the following question
will be asked:
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The last run of
this profile was not a successfull
backup or restore. A restore from
an incomplete backup could delete
files from your source/left drectory.
Are you sure you want to run the
profile "Restore Example" in
resotore mode?
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Click Yes to
continue to the next step, or click No (or
Abort) to abort the restore.
Moving
If the profile, or
one of the profiles in the group, is
configured to move files
then the following question will be
asked:
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The profile is
configured to move files. Becuase
yu are doing a restore this is
not advisable. Are you sure you
want to run the profile "Restore
Eample" in restore mode?
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When restoring
you will not want your backup files
moved as you would lose your backup files.
It would be better to copy them so after
the restore you still have the backup
files. It is recommended that you abort
the restore and reconfigure your profile
to not move files. You can then restore
and afterwards change the profile configuration
back to its original settings.
Delete All Files
If the
profile, or one of the profiles in
the group, is configured to delete
all the files in the source/left and/or
destination/right then the following
question will be asked:
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The profile is
confirgured to delete ALL files
and folders on My Files and/or
My Backup files. Because you are
doing a restore this is not advisable.
Are you sure you want to run the
profile "Restore Example" in
restore mode?
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When restoring
you would not want your backup or original
files deleted. It is recommended that
you abort the restore and reconfigure
your profile to not delete all the files.
You can then restore and afterwards change
the profile configuration back to its
original settings.
Delete Files
If the profile, or one
of the profiles in the group, is configured
to delete files that are only in the
destination/right then the following
question will be asked:
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The profile is
configured to delete files from
My Backup Files that are not on
My Files. Becuase you are doing
a restore this is not advisable
as it wll actually delete files
from My Files. Would you like to
skip these files instead?
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When restoring you
would probably not want files only in
the source/left to be deleted (as this
is a restore the source/left becomes
the destination). It’s recommended
you click Yes to skip the files instead
of deleting them.
Newer Files
If the profile, or one
of the profiles in the group, is not
configured to keep newer files then the
following question will be asked:
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The profile is
configured to allow older files
to replace newer files. Because
you are doing a restore it is possible
that some of your backup files
are older. Would you like to skip
those older files?
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When restoring you
probably do not want to replace any newer
original files with older backup files.
It’s recommended you click Yes to skip the older files.
Before/After Programs
If the profile, or one
of the profiles in the group, is configured
to run a program before and/or after
the profile then the following question
will be asked:
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The profile is
configured to execute external
programs before and/or after the
profile is run. Do you still want
to run those external programs.
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WWhen restoring you may
not wish to run those programs. Click
Yes to still run the programs, or No
to not have them run.
Restore To
You are given the opportunity to restore
to a different folder. This is especially
important if your source/left folder
(where the files will be restored to)
contains variables.
Restore From
You are given
the opportunity to restore from a different
folder. This is especially
important if your destination/right
folder (where the files will be restored
from)
contains variables.
Reverse Group
In some cases
you may want the group to run in reverse.
For example, if you
have a group that does a backup to
a Zip file then copies the Zip file to
an FTP server you probably need to
run
this in reverse, i.e. first retrieve
the Zip file then unzip.
Replace Prompt
If
you are restoring from a spanned/split
Zip file and the profile
is configured
to prompt if a file cannot be replaced
because it is busy, then you are asked
if you’d instead like to replace
those files on reboot. The reason is
because no prompt can be made in this
situation.
The Differences Window
By default your files are
restored from the destination you
have specified in the profile. If you
are
using variables in the destination, e.g.
%DAYOFWEEK%, then you will probably want
to choose a different directory to restore
from (see the next section, Restoring
from incremental or differential backups,
for more details). If so, click the Yes
button and choose the directory to restore
the files from.
Next the Differences window
will appear (click the screenshot below
to enlarge):
This lists all the files
that will be restored. Remember: the
files being restored (your backup files)
are on the left and the files being replaced
are on the right. You now have an opportunity
to not restore some files or change how
files are restored (by changing the Action for those files, e.g. Skip). Once you're
happy with the selections click the Continue
Run button (or Continue
Simulation button
if this is a simulated restore). You
can also abort the restore by click the
Abort button.
Assuming you continued
the restore, and it wasn't a simulated
restore, then your files are now
restored.
Restoring from incremental or
differential backups
If your backups are incremental
or differential, i. e. you are using
variables in your destination, then you'll
need to think about what order to restore
in.
For a differential backup you would
restore the full backup first, followed
by the newest differential backup. However,
if your last backup run was a full backup
then you only need to restore from the
full backup.
For an incremental backup you would
restore the full backup first, followed
by oldest incremental backup to the newest
incremental backup. However, if your
last backup run was a full backup then
you only need to restore from the full
backup. For example, if your backups
are stored at D:\My Backup\%DAYOFWEEK%\,
and you do a full backup on Monday, and
today is Wednesday (and today's backup
has already run) then you'd restore Monday
first (D:\My Backup\1\), then Tuesday,
and finally Wednesday. This makes sure
you have the newest files restored as
they will overwrite older files already
restored. It also makes sure you restore
all your files because the incremental
backup directories will only contain
some of your files.
Congratulations! Your
important files are now restored.
After the Restore
If you changed your profile
before the restore then don't forget
to change back its settings, e.g. untick
the 'Do not replace newer files
with older files' if you enabled it for the
restore.
Also, if you stopped background
backups from starting you may want
to re-enable
them.
This concludes the Restoring
Backups e-book tutorial.
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