Image-Based Restore in Backup Agent

If you keep your disk images backed up, read this chapter to learn how to restore them. In case you need to restore some files or folders from this disk image refer to Item-Level Restore from Image-Based backups

Create Image-Based Restore Plan

1. Run Backup Agent.
2. Click Restore.
3. Select the backup storage to restore required contents from.

4. To use the restore plan on a constant basis, select the Save restore plan checkbox. Click Next.

5. Select a computer to perform restore from the backup plan created on the computer. Click Next.

6. On the Type of Data step, select Restore Image-Based backup, then click Next.

7. On the Select Backup to Restore step, select the required backup. Click Next.

8. Select the restore point: the latest version, particular point in time, or select the disk image version manually (will appear on the next step).

9. Select the restore type, in this example the Restore as phisical disk option is selected.

10. Select partitions to restore. Click Next.

11. Select the restore destination. Click Next.

12. For the data encrypted on the client side, select the "Decrypt encrypted files with the following password" option. Enter your password and re-enter in to confirm. Click Next.

13. (Optional) If you restore data from the S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval or Glacier Deep Archive storage classes, specify Smart Restore options.

14. If you selected to save a created restore plan for further use, select schedule options

15. Specify pre- and post-restore actions. Click Next.

16. Specify notification and logging settings.

12. On the Summary step, review the restore plan configuration, then click Next to create a restore plan.

Use Resize Disk Option

You can also resize selected partitions on the Select Partitions step and restore them to several virtual disks. Click on the target size of the partition to perform resizing.

Restore Disk Image as Virtual Disk

1. Repeat steps 1-9 of the Create Image-Based Restore Plan paragraph above.
2. On the Restore Type step, select Restore as virtual disk, then select the format of a virtual disk file.

3. Select the Reorganize partitions using advanced dialog option.

4. Configure virtual partitions in the dialog window.

5. Finish the restore plan.

Restore Disk Image As Physical Disk

1. Repeat steps 1-9 of the Create Image-Based Restore Plan paragraph.
2. On the Restore Type step, select Restore as physical disk.

3. Click on the target size amount of the needed disk.

4. Specify custom partition sizes.

Restore Disk Image To Another Computer

In some cases, you may need to restore the backed up disk image to another computer. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Download and install another copy of the Backup Agent to a new computer.
2. Add the storage account that contains the backup that needs to be restored.
3. Select the bucket/container that contains the required backup.
4. Click Advanced settings and specify the required backup prefix.

5. In the Backup prefix drop-down menu, select the same prefix that you used in your original computer to allow Backup Agent to find the data in the specified bucket/container.

6. Synchronize the repository.

7. In the Tools menu. click Options.
8. In the Options property box, switch to the Repository tab, then click Synchronize Repository.

9. In the Synchronize Repository dialog, select the required storage account from the Account drop-down list, then click Synchronize Now.

10. Once the repository synchronization is done, create a disk image restore plan as described in the Create Image-Based Restore Plan paragraph.

Edit a Restore Plan

To edit the restore plan, proceed as follows:

1. Switch to the Restore Plans tab.
2. Open the restore plan you want to edit by expanding it, then click Edit.
3. Proceed through the Restore Wizard steps to adjust settings as needed.
4. If the plan is currently running, you'll need to select one of the following options:
   • Apply changes after the restore plan completes
   • Stop the plan and apply changes.
5. After choosing the desired option for the running restore plan, click Apply.
6. Save the edited plan configuration.

Delete a Restore Plan

To delete the restore plan, proceed as follows:

1. Switch to the Restore Plans tab.
2. Open the plan to delete, expand it, then click Delete.
3. Click Yes to confirm the restore plan deletion.