What Happens During True Image Restores

The following table shows the files backed up in the /home/abc/doc/ directory during a series of backups between 12/01/2003 and 12/04/2003. Assume that Collect True Image Restore Information was selected for the policy that did the backups.

Also, assume that you are going to restore the 12/04/2003 version of the /home/abc/doc/ directory.

• If you do a regular restore, the restored directory has all files and directories that ever existed in /home/abc/doc/ from 12/01/2003 (last full backup) through 12/04/2003:

   file1
   file2
   dirA/fileA
   dirB/fileB
   file3
   dirC/fileC
   file4
• If you do a true-image restore of the 12/04/2003 backup, the restored directory has only the files and directories that existed at the time of the incremental backup on 12/04/2003:

   file1
   file2
   file4

NetBackup does not restore any of the files deleted prior to the 12/04/2003 incremental backup.

The restored directory does not include the dirA and dirC subdirectories, even though they were backed up on 12/04/2003 with a user backup. NetBackup did not restore these directories because they did not exist at the time of the incremental backup, which was the reference for the true-image restore.