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You can set the amount of information displayed on the point-in-time slider by choosing information from the Last 30 days, Last 14 days, Last 7 days, Yesterday & Today, Today, and Custom Date Range.

Why would you select a specific point-in-time instead of using the slider?

Because the precision of the slider may not suit your needs, you can manually enter the specific point in time to restore in the Selection Options. This automatically selects the appropriate backup sets while providing pin-point time accuracy.

How do you manually select backup sets?

You can also choose to manually select which backup sets to restore. If you choose this option, you must also select the specific backup set to restore. To pick specific backup files, click the Backup Files from the list of Backup Set Names. 

How do you select where your backup files are located?

Click  Edit File Paths to display a list of backup files that you can use to restore the selected backup set. The Backup File Locations window displays the list of backup files SQL Safe uses to restore your backup sets. By clicking on the filename, you can edit it. You can also edit the path by clicking the button to the right of the path you want to change. Mirrored files also appear in the drop-down list if available. Click OK to apply your changes.

What are the encryption settings?

The option for Encryption Settings will be available when you choose a backup set where you have used the encryption option during its backup. Use this option to access these encryption settings. 

How do you keep your restores running despite network errors?

Select  Enable network resiliency , and then click Configure to change the default settings. By default, SQL Safe will retry the restore operation every 10 seconds and then fail after 5 minutes (300 seconds) of continuous errors. Also, over the course of the operation, SQL Safe allows a total of 60 minutes in which to retry the restore before stopping the operation.

Why is the Generate Script button enabled?

You can generate a T-SQL or CLI script that will execute the restore operation with the settings you have defined in this wizard. For more information about generating scripts, see see how script generation works.

How do you use a mirrored file?

In some situations, SQL Safe creates a mirrored version of a backup file. You can use this file when the database you want is mirrored, and you cannot find the original because it was moved or deleted.

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