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Restoring archived files

Using the Backup Manager, you can restore an entire archive or specific files within an archive.

Important: The restore process requires a substantial amount of browser CPU and memory. Restoring large archives can make your Web browser unresponsive. To prevent this, consider using FTP to transfer files, and use the tar utility to manually restore your archive.
Restoring an entire archive

Use the following steps to restore an entire archive.

Important: Before restoring an archive, check your disk space to verify that you will not exceed your quota. If you run out of disk space during the restore operation, the files remaining to be restored will contain no data; they will be truncated to zero.
  1. In the Backup Manager, click Restore .

    2. The Restore Files window opens.

  2. In the Select backup file field, enter the name of the archive file you want to restore. Click Browse to search your local file system for the file.
  3. Click Restore .
Restoring specific files

To restore specific files within an archive:

  1. In the Backup Manager, click Restore .

    2. The Restore Files window opens.

  2. In the Select backup file field, enter the name of the archive file that contains the file(s) you want to restore. Click Browse to search your local file system for the file.
  3. Click Selective Restore .

    4. The Selective Restore window opens, showing all the files and directories archived in the backup file.

  4. Using Ctrl-click, select the files you want to restore.
  5. Click Restore Selected Files .

    6. WEBppliance displays a Progress window as the restore operation proceeds, and notes any errors that occurred during the restoration.

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