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By right-clicking a policy under the Restore Policies node, you can access the following shortcuts:
Action ... | What it does ... |
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Create Restore Policy | Opens the Restore Policy wizard, allowing you to create a new policy. |
Edit Policy | Opens the Restore Policy wizard (with all options pre-set to the values used for this operation), allowing you to edit any of the options. |
Delete Policy | Allows you to delete the policy. Although restore operations associated with this policy will no longer be performed, the previous status messages returned by this policy will continue to be stored in the SQL Safe Repository. |
| Disable Policy | Allows you to disable of the selected policy. Restore operations associated with this policy will no longer be performed. |
Start Jobs for Policy | Allows you to run the restore job associated with this policy, performing an ad-hoc restore with the options already set by the policy. |
Refresh Policy List | Updates the Restore Policies node with the latest policies. |
From the Current Status pane
By clicking the links available in the Current Status pane, you can access the following shortcuts:
Action ... | What it does ... |
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| View Policy Settings | Allows you to view a summary of the policy settings. |
Edit Policy | Opens the Restore Policy wizard, allowing you to change your policy settings. |
Disable Policy | Disables the selected policy. Once a policy is disabled, it will no longer perform restore operations for the associated databases. To recover a database that belongs to a disabled policy, perform a manual restore using the Restore wizard. |
Start Restore | Performs a full restore of all databases that belong to this policy by running the corresponding job. This action applies your previously defined policy settings. |
From the Operation Summary grid
By right-clicking on an operation, you can access the following shortcuts:
Action ... | What it does ... |
|---|---|
| View Details | Shows the Details pane, providing additional information about the selected operation. |
Restore again | Runs the restore operation again, using the same settings. |
Restore with different options | Opens the Restore wizard (with all options pre-set to the values used for this operation), allowing you to specify different options before running the operation. |
Set Progress To | Allows you to change the status of the selected operation. |
| Close Details | Hides the Details pane. |
What does the Current Status mean?
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The Operation Details grid displays a listing of all restore operations performed for the databases included in the selected policy for the last 7 days. This grid includes the following columns:
Column | Definition |
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Progress | During an operation, the progress bar will denote the percentage of the operation completed. When the operation is complete, it will display a green bar labeled 100%. If an operation completed with errors, this column will display a red bar labeled Error. |
Instance | Displays the instance name that was restored by this operation. |
Database | Displays the database name that was restored by this operation. |
Operation | Confirms that a restore operation was performed. |
Backup Type | Displays the type of backup restored by the operation. Currently, only the recovery of full backups is supported by the restore policy. |
Compressed | Displays the compressed file size of the backup used in this restore. |
Ratio | Displays the percentage of the data that was compressed in the associated backup. |
Compression | Displays the type of compression that was used for the associated backup. |
Duration | Displays the number of seconds required to complete the restore operation. |
Start Time | Displays the start date and time of the restore operation. |
Can you customize the columns in the Operation Details grid?
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The Details pane provides the following information about the selected backup operation:
Tab | Description |
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Statistics | Displays the database size, the size of the uncompressed backup, the size of the compressed backup, and the compression ratio achieved with this backup. The ratio is a measure of the storage savings achieved with SQL Safe compression technology. For more information about the storage space savings you can realize using SQL Safe, see Understand your total cost of operation (TCO). |
Result Text | Displays text describing the result of the restore. |
Files | Displays the complete path of the backup set file for the restore. |
Backup Set Description | Displays the description you specified for this restore. |
Storage Options | Displays which locations were chosen to store the backup files associated with the restore. |
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