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The Restore

SEP Sesam offers full restore ( all files of a saveset ), selective restore ( selected files ) or generation restore. From the Sesam interface the Restore Wizard - an assistant program - is launched. The Restore Wizard guides you through the various steps for data recovery.

Restores can be performed as so called automatically scheduled restores to check the stored data. For that purpose a restore is configurated with the restoremanager and saved. This saved restore (contains all the parameters for implementation) is started in continuous intervals from the SEPuler. With that procedure the data integrity can be controlled and logged.

Selective Restore

During selective restore only a subset of files of a saveset is selected. Sesam positions the media at the last mark before the selected data, skips unselected files and transfers only the desired files. This guarantees a quick and network-optimal restore.

Generation Restore

Selective restores from differential or incremental backups require a chain of several restores starting from the last full Backup. Sesam automatically switches to the generation view and handles the arrangement of these single steps for the user. In generation view , the selection list displays not only the files from the selected differential or incremental backup but all files since the last full backup - so all generations of files are presented.

In the Sesam GUI a specific view can be chosen, either the view for single backups or the generations view. Using the single backups view the user only works on the selected type, whether it is an incremental or a differential restore (similar to a normal restore).

Scheduled Restores

Scheduled restores are possible using Sesam and creating an event or task. The restores will then be performed at the set time. It is even possible to schedule a restore for data that has not yet been backed up. The selective restore can be set to run at the completion of the daily backup routine, e.g. the last backed up file can be restored, preferably to a new directory and the data validity established.


Restore Wizard

The restore wizard can be started from the toolbar Configuration -> Restore


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Datasets can be searched for by task name in the saveset or by filename or path. The specific tasks can be selected from the task drop down. Or a search regular expression can be entered into the search pattern field. The saved in period allows for the user to search a range of dates of stored backups. The show external results check box will search for results of the search on other clients’ savesets.


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The results of the search will appear on the next page. Check boxes on the bottom allow for options.

Complete restore of selected task – check this box to restore everything in the task. Hide Migrated – if checked , savesets that have been moved with a migration task will not appear in the results. Generation Restore- restoring an Incremental or Differential backup will require this box to be checked. Sesam handles this automatically.

Disaster Restore- check if restoring a server from a disaster scenario. Please see SEP sesam Server Disaster Recovery for Sesam disaster recovery instructions. If a client server is being recovered simply select the server’s disaster recovery back up task.

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The next screen allows for a selective restore of individual files. Simply navigate the file explorer and select the files needing to be restored. The Search button allows for files to be searched by regular expressions.


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The final screen of the restore wizard provides an overview of the restore job. The saveset chosen to restore is listed on top, followed by the editable name of the restore task.

Other options:

Drive: The drive the backup is on. This is more relevant to tape backups without a loader.

Interface: The server with the attached storage the backup saveset is on. This is either a remote device server or the sesam server directly. In other words the server where the files are being restored FROM

Target node : The server where the files are being restored TO.

Target Path settings:

Restore to original path: if check the files will be restored to original locations on the server. This only works if the target node is the server the backup was taken from. New restore target: select if the files need to be restored to some other location besides the original path. The text field to the right can be edited to the new path on the server. Or the browser button will launch the file explorer and the location can be selected graphically. Original Tree structure: if checked all folders in the tree to the restored files will be created in the new target path. If not checked only the files themselves will be restored.

Execution options: this is a dropdown menu with three options:

Do Not OVERWRITE Existing Files : This is the default option. When selected, files will be restored only if they are not currently on the target system. Overwite Existing Files: This selection will overwrite files w2ith their restored version. Create a New Version: this selection will restore files already at the target location is a modified name.

Expert options button: this button opens a popup window to the expert restore options.


Verbose level : this allows user to change the verbosity of the main log from 1 to 6. 0 print only standard and error messages together with summary 1 add a line for every item when processing starts for it: 'sbc-3008: Info: Processing item: [xxx]...' 2 add a line when processing for item finished: 'sbc-3108: Info: Item processed successfully: [xxx]' 3 add backup module processing information (with DB_API modules) 4 add underlying module processing XBSA and detailed DB_API modules 5 add packing data (mtf, cpio, sidf) trace messages


Restore options text box allows for other specific options to be entered.

The radio buttons: Restore the complete saveset , restore according to composed list and disk_info disaster recovery will be selected according to selection made during the restore wizard. Changes here will override the selection made during the wizard. Restore the Complete saveset will restore all files from the saveset. Restore According to the composed list will create a selective restore according to the regular experessions entered into filter tab. Disk_info disaster recovery will restore disk info like the Master boot record and registry during a disaster recovery restore.

The Relocation tab describes files being restored to a new target. The radio button selects whether files are being restored to original path or new paths. Individual files can be restored to separate paths.

The Filter tab filters files for a selective restore using regular expressions.

The backup type tab allows for the option to restore the entire save set into a single file.

the Pre/post tab selects if the user would like the pre or post script to run for this restore task.

EOL tab selects how long the restore will remain in the GUI. Default is 7 days.

Scheduling Restore Tasks

Once a restore task has been created. It can be started immediately from the wizard or saved and scheduled like any other task.

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In the Schedules tab of the main gui simply right click the schedule where you wish the restore task to run the select “new restore task.” This will open a popup window with three tabs. The schedule will show the schedule parameters the restore task is being added to.

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The Source tab provides parameters of the specific restore task


In the Restore Task dropdown select the name of the created task.

the Fix Restore radio button sets the schedule to run the restore exactly as it is defined in the task parameters using the same backup saveset .

The Selection radio button will run the restore task using adjusted parameters in the schedule. For example, restoring the most recent backup saveset.

Saveset limitation is currently not active.

backup day is currently not active

relative backup day selects the backup saveset to restore that falls within the range specified. Negative numbers are days in the past while positive numbers are days in the future. Therefore, a range of -7 to 0 will select a backup saveset to restore that is less than a week old when the restore task runs.

FDI Type is the type of backup saveset that the restore will use C stands for copy backup, F is for full backup D is for differential backup I is for incremental backup

The selection dropdown determines the specific backup saveset the restore will use. youngest: the restore will us the most recent backup that falls in the range of the relative backup day. Oldest: the restore will use the least recent backup in the range.

Media preference is not active Tolerance is not active

Pool restriction will limit the backup saveset to come from a specific media pool. The State dropdown will define the condition of the backup used to restore. successfully or with warnings: the backup used must have either completed with a successful stat or with warnings in the main log. only successful: the backup saveset must have completed successfully without warnings. Only with warnings: only backup that completed with warnings Partially restorable: backups that failed but are listed as partially restorable in the main log.

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The Destination Parameter tab allows for the option to select the priority of the job and the drive:


The priority field adjusts the priority of the job in the queue higher prority jobs go first. Blocking date: will prevent the restore event from running if timetables overlap. If checked the restore will block events of the same type of a lower priority. Enforce FULL: used for scheduling backup tasks. Drive: allows for the selection of the drive that will be the source of the restore.