Restoring buckets

R‑Cloud enables you to restore one or more individual files or folders inside an Amazon S3 bucket or a Google Cloud bucket to the original or a different bucket.

Prerequisite

For Google Cloud: If you plan to restore buckets for which a Shared VPC subnet is specified in configuration, your user account or the HYCU Managed Service Account (HMSA) must be granted the following permissions in the Shared VPC host project: compute.firewalls.list, compute.networks.list, compute.networks.get, compute.subnetworks.list, compute.subnetworks.use, and compute.subnetworks.get.

Limitation

Only if you plan to restore the original access control list. The Restore ACL option is not available if you are restoring files:

  • To a bucket residing on a different cloud platform.

  • Inside Amazon S3 buckets.

Consideration

For details on how the restored individual files or folders are named, see Resources created by R‑Cloud.

Procedure

  1. In the Buckets panel, click the bucket that contains the files or folders that you want to restore. The Detail view appears at the bottom of the screen.

    Note  The Detail view appears only if you click a bucket. Selecting the check box before the name of the bucket does not open the Detail view.

  2. In the Detail view, select the preferred restore point, and then click Restore Files Restore Files. The File Restore Options dialog box opens.

    If needed, click or to move between the pages, or enter a page number to go directly to that page. You can also adjust the number of items shown in a page.

  3. From the Restore from drop-down menu, select which tier you want to use for the restore. Your restore point can contain one or more tiers among which you can select:

    • Automatic: This option ensures the fastest and most cost-effective restore.

    • Backup (Target)

    • Copy

    • Archive—(daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)

  4. Click Next. The Choose Files and Folders dialog box opens.

  5. From the list of available files and folders, select the ones that you want to restore, and then click Next.

    If needed, click or to move between the pages, or enter a page number to go directly to that page. You can also adjust the number of items shown in a page.

    Tip  You can also search for a file or a folder by entering its name in the Search field and then pressing Enter.

  6. Depending on where you want to restore data, select the preferred restore option, click Next, and then follow the instructions:

    Restore option Instructions
    Restore to original bucket

    1. Select the location on the bucket where you want to restore the files or the folders, and then provide the required information:

      • Original location

        Specify which action should be performed during the restore operation if a file with the same name already exists in the selected location (overwrite the file, rename the original file, or rename the restored file).

      • Alternate location

        Specify the path to an alternate location on the bucket.

        The restored file overwrites the file with the same name that might exist in the alternate location.

    2. Use the Restore ACL switch if you want to restore the original access control list. If enabled, R‑Cloud preserves original ACLs. If disabled, R‑Cloud applies inherited ACLs on the restored files (according to the ACL permissions at the bucket or source level).

    3. Only if you want to add custom metadata tags to the restored bucket objects. Click Advanced, and then, in the Advanced section that opens, do the following:

      1. Click Manage Manage. The Custom Metadata dialog box opens.

      2. Enter a key and a value, and then click Add for each custom metadata tag that you want to add.

      3. Click Save.

      Note  If you want to delete any of the added custom metadata tags, click Delete Delete next to it.
    Restore to different bucket

    1. From the Source drop-down menu, select the source that contains the bucket to which you want to restore data.

      Note  You can select only among the sources inside the selected protection set.

    2. From the Bucket name drop-down menu, select the name of the bucket to which you want to restore data, and then click Next.

    3. Select the location on the bucket where you want to restore the files or folders, and provide the required information:

      • Original location

        Specify which action should be performed during the restore operation if a file with the same name already exists in the selected location (overwrite the file, rename the original file, or rename the restored file).

      • Alternate location

        Specify the path to an alternate location on the bucket.

        The restored file overwrites the file with the same name that might exist in the alternate location.

    4. Use the Restore ACL switch if you want to restore the original access control list. If enabled, R‑Cloud preserves original ACLs. If disabled, R‑Cloud applies inherited ACLs on the restored files (according to the ACL permissions at the bucket or source level).

    5. Only if you want to add custom metadata tags to the restored bucket objects. Click Advanced, and then, in the Advanced section that opens, do the following:

      1. Click Manage Manage. The Custom Metadata dialog box opens.

      2. Enter a key and a value, and then click Add for each custom metadata tag that you want to add.

      3. Click Save.

      Note  If you want to delete any of the added custom metadata tags, click Delete Delete next to it.
  7. Click Restore.