Data restore from the exported file system

Starting with Data ONTAP 7.2, you can do drag and drop restores of FSE backups from a SnapVault for NetBackup volume.

Note: This information is applicable for FSE mode backups only. However, if the archival snapshot option is set to off, it is not applicable anymore.

You can restore data from FSE backups in one of the following ways:

Use the NetBackup Administration Console.
Access the SnapVault for NetBackup volume by mounting the volume (NFS) or creating a share (CIFS), and either copy or drag the data.

For information about restoring data using the NetBackup Administration Console, see the NetBackup documentation.

Where the exported file system is: Data ONTAP 7.2 software and later exports the NetBackup client file system which allows you to access backed up NetBackup client files. When you use NetBackup, Data ONTAP software unpacks file data in addition to transferring the TAR stream to disk. Data ONTAP puts the unpacked data in a subdirectory called nbu_online_data in the backup transfer qtree.

Backed up file systems have the following naming convention:

nbu_basename_policyname_suffix

basename is the NetBackup client name.

policyname is the NetBackup policy name.

suffix is a four-digit number.

Example: nbu_client1.CLF_backup1_0000

client1 is the NetBackup client name and backup1 is the policy name.

Accessing a backed up file system
You can access backed up file system data using SnapVault for NetBackup.
Restoring data from a backed up file system
You can restore directories or files only after you access the exported file system.

Parent topic: About SnapVault for NetBackup