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The main restore window has 3 sections:
- Browser - Where you can browse through the backed up storage and find the data you want to retrieve.
- Item's Versions - All the versions kept in backup, of the selected item .
- Restore list - The list of files you want to restore.
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Restore Browser (1), (2)
An explorer-like browser that actually opens the backed up storage for browsing.
You can browse and look for the data you want to restore.
The mouse right click enables the following menu commands:
On the left pane:
- View / Hide DirSize - This On/Off function shows every folder's size. When selecting 'View', you'll see numbers near the folder's name. The numbers structure is: folder name [Current size] {History size}.
'Current size' is the total size of the folder by the end of the last backup session.
'History size' is the total capacity of all the files in this folder that are the historic versions only.
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- Add to list - Add the selected folder or file to the restore list ('Files to Restore').
- Find - Finds a folder or a file in the backup storage. This action will pop a windows with all matching items. See more details on the 'Advanced Use' related chapter.
- Rename - This feature exists for the cases in which a machine's name on the network has changed. This option allows you to change a machine's name that has already been backed up to its new name, without loosing the context of previous backups. Learn more in the 'Advanced Use' chapter.
- Refresh - Refreshes the browser's screen.
- Properties - Identical to the Windows' explorer-like function. Displays the folder or file(s) system's properties.
On the right window pane the following right-click menu exists:
- Delete Item - This action completely deletes the selected file(s) or folder(s) from backup storage. You will be prompted to confirm this action because it is unrecoverable. This function is useful when you want to delete item(s) that already in backup for many reasons: It was backed up by mistake, it is no longer valid, you want to clear space from the backup volume etc.
- Delete History - The same as 'Delete Item' but it deletes only the histories and versions of the selected item(s). This action will leave the 'Current' items intact.
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- Open - Opens the selected file. Since some file types might be damaged or changed when opened, BOS will copy the selected file to the system's temporary folder, and open the file's copy.
- View - Browser list view options - list or details, as familiar from the system explorer.
- Arrange Icons - Sorts the folder's contents: by name, date, type or size.
- Rollback - A special feature that allows you to select from a history window, the date & time you want to "go back to" and recover. BOS will collect from relevant backup historical directories the correct version and add to the restore list ('Files to Restore') all the versions of the files that existed at the selected date & time. See more details on 'Advanced Use' related chapter.
- Add to list - Add the selected folder or file to the restore list ('Files to Restore').
- Refresh - Refreshes the browser's screen.
- Properties - The same as in the explorer-like function. Displays the folder or file(s) system's properties.
Item's Versions (3)
When selecting a single item in the restore browser, this list displays all the item's versions in backup. Every line represents a different version of the item you can easily restore by adding the selected version to the restore list ('Files to Restore') or by dragging it with right-mouse to the desktop area.
Note that you can simultaneously restore more than one version of an item. BOS has the ability to prevent file name duplication while restoring. When restoring multi-versions of a file, select on the restore dialog window :'In case of duplicate file: Rename file'.
The 'Item's version' has a right-click menu:
Files to Restore (4)
This is the list of item(s) you have selected for restoration. You can select as many items as you want from different locations, complex versions and even duplicate file versions as needed.
You can right click on the list for its menu:
'Restore Now!' Button (5)
After setting all files you want to restore, hit the 'Restore Now!' button.
This will pop up the restore dialog's window with the following preferences and options to complete restoration:
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To original location - Restore the item(s) to its original location on the machine or network with its specific path.
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To specific location - Restore the item(s) to a different location you will specify in the text box. New entries will be remembered.
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As Email attachment - Create an e-mail message with the restored item(s) as attachment. Email features will work only when email options are set correctly.
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Each item in a separate email - When selecting more them one item to restore, each file can be sent as a separate email item.
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To FTP location - Restore item(s) with FTP protocol to an FTP server |
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- In case of duplicate file - Choose the options you want BOS to operate whenever a duplication file name exists:
- Rename - BOS will automatically rename the restored file name (e.g. 'copy of (1)...', 'copy of (2)...' etc.).
- Overwrite - BOS will overwrite existing file with restored file.
- Choose while copying - BOS will prompt you to choose the operation.
- Restore only new - When restoring to original location, BOS will restore the files that are newer than the files in the target.
- Restore with full path - When selecting 'Specific location', BOS can create the entire original path of item(s) on the selected location.
- Account - BOS needs a login account with 'Write access' to the target machine for restoration. The default account might not be sufficient or correct for the restoration task.
After clicking 'OK', 'BOS Monitor Service' displays the restore progress. When restoring action is completed, a log file is created.
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