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Version: DPX 4.16

Recovering Archived Backups

Recovery of archived backups is a procedure used when the actual backup is beyond reach and an archived copy needs to be restored instead.

The procedure for recovering archived backups depends on the backup type.

  • Recovering a VMware archive is done in two steps: restoring the archive to vStor and restoring the VM from vStor to its previous or new location.
  • Recovering a Block Backup archive is done by creating and running a Block Restore job. If the primary backup location is unavailable, DPX will attempt to recover its archived copy from media and then continue with Block Restore.
Note.

In Catalogic DPX 4.16, archive recovery can also be performed in the web interface. See Multiple VM Restore from Archive for VMware archives and File Restore from Block Backup for Block Backup archives. The desktop procedures described in this section remain available.