Archive search options and results
When you are viewing or restoring archives, you can search the archive sets by date range or by using search options. These options are described in the following sections:
Date range options
When viewing archives, use the date range options in the top pane to filter the archive sets that display in the center stage area.
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Date Range |
Use the drop-down menu to select a date range to display sets containing archives or backups that were created during the specified time range such as today or last week. |
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Based on |
Select Date Archived or Backup Date to choose whether the date range is applied by backup date or archive date. |
Optional search selections
Click Show Search Options in the top pane and enter search criteria using any of the following options or a combination of them.
Note: The Show Search Options feature is for archived file-level backups only. If you attempt to search for a file in an application or virtual machine archive backup, you receive a message that no files were found.
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Search Criteria |
Description |
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Client to Search |
Select the client from the Client to Search drop-down. |
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Maximum Files to Display |
Enter a number to limit the maximum search results. A maximum of 5,000 files can be displayed. (Default is 10.) |
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Name |
Check the Name box and enter a full path and file name for searching. You can use wildcards such as “*” and “?” in the file name. (Using wildcards increases search time.)
Note: If using wildcards, such as ‘\\’, ‘%’, ‘_’, ‘*’, ‘?’, and ‘\’, do NOT check the Regular Expression box. These characters are interpreted differently as regular expressions and do not yield the same search results. |
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Regular Expression |
Check this box to use regular expressions to symbolically represent patterns that can occur in text. (Do NOT check this box to search using regular wildcards.) The syntax of regular expressions is more complex and powerful than wildcards. This technique only needs to be used if wildcards are too limited to construct a sufficiently precise search pattern. Some good references about the use of regular expressions can be found in the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. |
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Ignore Case |
Check this box to search for file names regardless of case. |
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Date |
Check this box and specify a date range to search for files within a certain time frame. Calendar icons are provided to assist with date selection. |
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Size (KB) |
Check this box and enter a size range in kilobytes to narrow the search by file size. |
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Include or Exclude |
Click Include to search for files meeting the specified search criteria. Click Exclude to search for files that do NOT meet the specified search criteria. |
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Search |
When you finish entering the search options, click Search. |
Archive restore status and search results
After you search for archive information, the center stage area contains the following information about the archived backup:
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Column |
Description |
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Status icon |
An icon representing the status of the archive operation. (If the operation is successful, the icon is a white check mark in a green circle. If the operation fails, the icon is a white X in a red circle.) |
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Compressed icon |
An icon representing whether the archive is compressed (a green check mark) or not compressed (a red X). |
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Encryption icon |
An icon representing whether or not the archive was encrypted. |
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Type |
The type of backup operation – types might include master, differential, bare metal, or other types of backups. |
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Date/Time |
Date and time at which the backup operation executed. |
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Elapsed |
The elapsed time associated with the execution of the archive operation. |
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Size (MB) |
The size, in megabytes, of the archived backup. |
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Files |
The number of files associated with the archived backup. |
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DB/VM |
Shows the virtual machine or application instance, if applicable. |