Creating a Restore Job from a Backup Job

  1. Open HBS 3.
  2. Go to Jobs.
  3. Identify an existing backup job.
    Important:

    The job must have successfully run at least once.

  4. Click .

    The Create a Restore Job window opens.

  5. Optional: Specify the job identification information.

    Field

    User Action

    Job Name

    Specify a job name that does not contain the following characters:

    / | \ : ? < > * "

    Description

    Specify a job description.
  6. Optional: Select a backup version.
    Note:

    This option is only available if version management was enabled for the backup job.

    1. Under the backup source, click .

      A dialog box opens.

    2. Select a backup version.
    3. Select the source.
      Important:

      Selecting a folder also selects all files and subfolders located inside.

    4. Click OK.

      The dialog box closes.

  7. Select the restoration location.

    Option

    Description

    Original location

    Data is restored to the location it was stored originally.

    Selected location

    Data is restored to a location specified by the user.

    1. Under the destination, click .

      A dialog box opens.

    2. Select the destination.

    3. Click OK.

      The dialog box closes.
  8. Optional: Select Skip deleted data.
    Note:

    Data marked as deleted will not be restored.

  9. Configure the conflict policy.

    Policy

    Description

    Rename local files

    Appends the current date and an iterated number to the end of any duplicate local files.

    Replace local files

    Replaces any duplicate local files with the remote files.

    Skip files

    Skips any duplicate remote files.
  10. Click Next.
  11. Optional: Configure the schedule settings.

    Option

    Description

    Scheduler

    Runs the job on a repeating schedule.

    Important:

    Only 30 schedules can be created per job.

    1. Click .

      The Schedule window opens.

    2. Configure the schedule.

    3. Click OK.

    Run after job

    Runs the job after a linked job finishes running.

    A job must be selected from the Select a job menu.

    No schedule

    Runs only when a user starts the job.

    Restore now

    Runs the job immediately after the job is created.
  12. Click Next.
  13. Optional: Configure the job policies.
    Note:

    Some policies are only available with certain destination types.

    1. Click Policies.

      Policy

      Description

      Use rate limits

      Limits the transmission speed to reduce bandwidth issues.

      1. Select Use rate limits.

      2. Click Settings.

        The Rate limit settings window opens.

      3. Specify a maximum upload limit.

      4. Specify an operating time.

      5. Click OK.

        The Rate Limits window closes.

      Integrate with QuWAN

      Allows QuWAN to manage and optimize this job’s network traffic.

      Replicate ACL and extended attributes

      QTS and QuTS hero have incompatible ACL settings. If conflicts occur with backup, sync, and restore jobs between QTS and QuTS hero, Windows ACL takes priority.

      Important:

      To prevent NAS user accounts from having different access permissions, ensure the username and user ID match on both devices, or that both accounts are authenticated from the same AD/LDAP server.
  14. Optional: Configure the job options.
    Note:

    Some options are only available with certain destination types.

    1. Click Options.

      Option

      Description

      Enable debug logging

      Adds the default debug configuration to the log file list when the job is running and generating log files.

      Connection timeout (seconds)

      Specifies how long to wait before the connection times out.

      Skipped file limit

      Specifies a maximum number of files to skip.

      After exceeding this limit, real-time jobs enter a warning state and scheduled jobs are suspended.

      Concurrent file processing limit

      Specifies how many files to transmit at once.

      Tip:

      Processing files concurrently can improve the transmission rate, but uses more system resources. Use the default setting if you are unsure.

      Job execution timeout (hours)

      Specifies how long the job can run before it times out.

      Restart after abnormal termination

      Restarts the job if it abnormally terminates while running.
  15. Optional: Configure the network interface assignment.
    Note:

    This setting is only available when your NAS has two or more network interface connections. For details, see the Network & Virtual Switch section of the QTS User Guide or the QuTS hero User Guide.

    1. Click Network.

      Option

      Description

      Automatic (Optimized)

      HBS 3 selects the least busy and highest-performing network interface.

      Default Route

      HBS 3 selects a network interface based on the packet-forwarding rule for traffic without a specific route.

      Important:

      This option does not automatically optimize traffic for migration.

      Manual

      You can manually select which network interface to use for this job.

      Important:

      This option does not automatically optimize traffic for migration.
  16. Click Next.
  17. Review the job summary.
  18. Click Restore.

HBS 3 creates the restore job.

Parent topic: Restore Jobs