CREATING AND RUNNING AN UNATTENDED BACKUP JOB

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Lesson 3

Restoring Data

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Keep a record of multiple backup jobs in a calendar format that shows the days onwhich you perform the backup jobs. For each job, note the backup type and iden-tify the storage that is used, such as a tape number or the name of the Iomega Zipdisk. Then, if you need to restore data, you can easily review several weeks’ worthof backup jobs to select which tape or disk to use.

How to Select Backup Sets, Files, and Folders to Restore

The first step in restoring data is to select the data to restore. You can select individualfiles and folders, an entire backup job, or a backup set, which is a collection of files orfolders from one volume that you back up during a backup job. If you back up twovolumes on a hard disk during a backup job, the job has two backup sets. You selectthe data to restore in the catalog.To restore data, use the Restore Wizard, which you access through the Backup Utility,as follows: