Restoring Data

Windows Server 2003 Backup allows you to select individual files and directories for restoration or simply to restore the entire backup set to its original location. As with the program’s backup function, you can create restore jobs using GUI screens or a wizard.

Selecting Files to Be Restored

When you display the Restore tab in the Windows Server 2003 Backup program, you see a list of the media in the backup media pool and the backup files you created. As part of each backup operation, Windows Server 2003 Backup creates a catalog of the backup set and stores it on the tape or other medium. (If a backup job spans two or more tapes, the backup set catalog is stored on the last tape.) The program accesses this catalog whenever ...

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