Restore methods of universal shares
Besides offering a fast data protection process, the Protection Point offers two powerful restore methods:
Client-based restore:
Data protected using a Protection Point is restored using the exact same method as restoring data from a standard client backup:
Restore to the original universal share.
In this case, the original universal share must be present. Specify the universal share path as the restore destination and the media server where universal share resides as the client. However, for large data restores, consider restoring to an alternate location.
Restore to an alternate location.
A standard NetBackup client must be installed on any system where the restore is directed.
Provisioned restore (Instant Access):
A Protection Point is a point-in-time (PIT) copy of the data as it existed on the Universal Share when any Protection Point was initiated. This PIT copy of the data can be exported as a separate network share of the Protection Point data. This PIT copy of the Projection Point is called a provisioned copy of the data. The data in this provisioned share is not necessarily connected to any data in the primary universal share. It can be used as an autonomous version of the PIT Protection Point data. Any changes to this provisioned copy of the data have no effect on data in the original universal share. It also does not have any effect on the source PIT copy of the data.
The PIT copy can be mounted on the originating system where the universal share was previously mounted. It can also be provisioned on any other system that supports the mounting of a network share. In this sense, the NetBackup Protection Point provides a method of copy data management that offers you another powerful way of using the data that is managed with NetBackup. The process of provisioning a Protection Point is performed using a NetBackup API. This API and all NetBackup APIs are described in the NetBackup API Reference documentation, which is located on the NetBackup primary server.