Restoring buckets

HYCU for Google Cloud enables you to restore one or more individual files or folders inside a Google Cloud Storage bucket to the original or a different bucket.

Prerequisite

Only 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.

Consideration

For details on how the restored individual files or folders are named, see “Appendix A: Objects created by the service”.

Procedure

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

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

  2. In the Details section, select the desired restore point, and then click  Restore Files.

    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. In the Choose Files and Folders dialog box, 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.

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

  5. Depending on where you want to restore data, select the desired restore option, 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 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.

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

    3. If you want to add custom metadata tags to the restored bucket objects, click Add Tags, enter a key and value, and then click Add for each custom metadata tag that you want to add.

      n Note  If you want to delete any of the added custom metadata tags, clickxnext to it.
    Restore to different bucket

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

      n Note  You can select only among the projects 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, HYCU for Google Cloud preserves original ACLs. If disabled, HYCU for Google Cloud applies inherited ACLs on the restored files (according to the ACL permissions at the bucket or project level).

    5. If you want to add custom metadata tags to the restored bucket objects, click Add Tags, enter a key and value, and then click Add for each custom metadata tag that you want to add.

      n Note  If you want to delete any of the added custom metadata tags, clickxnext to it.
  6. Click Restore.