The Backup storage tab

The Backup storage tab shows backups of all machines ever registered on the management server. This includes offline machines and machines that are no longer registered.

Backups that are stored in a shared location (such as an SMB or NFS share) are visible to all users that have the read permission for the location.

In Windows, backup files inherit the access permissions from their parent folder. Therefore, we recommend that you restrict the read permissions for this folder.

In the cloud storage, users have access only to their own backups. In a cloud deployment, an administrator can view backups on behalf of any account that belongs to the same group and its child groups. This account is indirectly chosen in Machine to browse from. The Backup storage tab shows backups of all machines ever registered under the same account as this machine is registered.

Backup locations that are used in protection plans are automatically added to the Backup storage tab. To add a custom folder (for example, a detachable USB device) to the list of backup locations, click Browse and specify the folder path.

Do not try editing the backup files manually because this may result in file corruption and make the backups unusable. Also, we recommend that you export backups or use the backup replication instead of moving backup files manually.

To select a recovery point by using the Backup storage tab

  1. On the Backup storage tab, select the location where the backups are stored.

    The software displays all backups that your account is allowed to view in the selected location. The backups are combined in groups. The group names are based on the following template:

    <machine name> - <protection plan name>

  2. Select a group from which you want to recover the data.

  3. [Optional] Click Change next to Machine to browse from, and then select another machine. Some backups can only be browsed by specific agents. For example, you must select a machine running Agent for SQL to browse the backups of Microsoft SQL Server databases.

    Please be aware that the Machine to browse from is a default destination for recovery from a physical machine backup. After you select a recovery point and click Recover, double check the Target machine setting to ensure that you want to recover to this specific machine. To change the recovery destination, specify another machine in Machine to browse from.

  4. Click Show backups.
  5. Select the recovery point.