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What actions can you perform?

From the Restore Policies tree

By right-clicking a policy under the  the  Restore Policies node node, you can access the following shortcuts:

Action ...

What it does ...

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.

Copy PolicyOpens the Backup Policy wizard  (with all options pre-set to the values used for this operation), allowing you to create a copy of it.

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 PolicyAllows 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.

View Out of Date JobsAllows you to view jobs that are out of date.
Update Out of Date JobsAllows you to update the list of out of date jobs.

Refresh Policy List

Updates the Restore Policies node with the latest policies.

From the Current Status pane

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Action ...

What it does ...

View Policy SettingsAllows 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 Full Restore

Performs a full restore of all databases that belong to this policy by running the corresponding job. This action applies to your previously defined policy settings.

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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

ProgressDuring 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. If an operation completed with warnings, this column will display a yellow bar labeled 100% with an asterisk. This column also indicates when the backup file has been deleted (groomed), and therefore is no longer available to be restored.
InstanceDisplays the name of the SQL Server instance that was backed up or restored by this operation.

Icon

(Enhanced Restorability)

Displays an icon if the backup includes maps containing metadata for InstantRestore and SQL virtual database. For more information about InstantRestore, see How InstantRestore works. For information about SQL virtual database, see recover objects using SQL virtual database.
DatabaseDisplays the name of the database that was backed up or restored by this operation.
OperationDisplays the type of operation performed. The types are Backup, Restore, and Verify.
Backup TypeDisplays the type of
the
backup performed by the operation. The types are Full, Log, Differential, and File.
CompressedDisplays the size of the backup file after compression.
RatioDisplays the ratio of the Uncompressed size of the database reported by SQL Server to the resulting Compressed size of the backup file created by SQL Safe.
CompressionDisplays the type of compression used for the backup.
Database SizeDisplays the size of the original database.
UncompressedDisplays the size of data contained in the database, as reported by SQL Server.
EncryptionDisplays the type of encryption SQL Safe used during the backup operation.
DurationDisplays the time ( hours:minutes:seconds ) required to complete the operation.
Start TimeDisplays the start date and time of the operation.
End TimeDisplays the end date and time of the operation.
ThreadsDisplays the number of threads SQL Safe used during the backup operation.
FormatDisplays the backup format. SQL Safe backup (Safe) or native backup (Bak) format.

Can you customize the columns in the Operation Details grid?

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