Data catalog lets you easily find the required version of data and select it for recovery. On a managed machine, the data catalog functionality is available through the Data view tab for any vault accessible from this machine. On the management server, the catalog functionality is available through both Data view and the centralized Data catalog. The centralized data catalog displays in a single place all the data stored in the centralized managed vaults.
Selecting the backed up data for recovery
Do any of the following:
To access the Data view tab, connect the console to a machine or to the management server, navigate to Vaults view, and click the required vault.
To access the Data catalog, connect the console to the management server and select Data catalog in the Navigation tree.
In the Show field, select the type of data to display:
Select Machines/disks/volumes to browse and search for entire disks and volumes in disk-level backups.
Select Folders/files to browse and search for files and folders in both file-level and disk-level backups.
In the Display data backed up for field, specify the time period for which the backed up data will be displayed.
Do any of the following:
Select the data to recover in the catalog tree, or in the table to the right of the catalog tree.
In the search string, type the information that helps to identify the required data items (this can be a machine name, a file or folder name, or a disk label) and then click Search. You can use the asterisks (*) and question marks (?) wildcards.
As a result, in the Search window, you will see the list of backed up data items whose names fully or partially coincide with the entered value. If the list of matches is too long, you can refine the search criteria by specifying the date or time range of backup creation, and the size range of backed up items. When the required data is found, select it, and click OK to return to the Data catalog/Data view.
Use the Versions list to select the point of time to revert the data to. By default, the data will be reverted to latest point of time available for the time period selected in step 3.
Having selected the required data, click Recover and configure the parameters of the recovery operation.
What if the data does not appear in the catalog or data view
The probable reasons of the issue are as follows.
Wrong time period is set
The required data was not backed up during the time period set by the Display data backed up for control.
Solution: Try to increase the time period.
Cataloging is turned off
If the data is displayed partially or is not displayed at all, most likely the backup cataloging option was disabled during backup.
Solutions:
Run the cataloging manually by clicking Catalog now. For the Data catalog, all backups stored in the managed vaults will be cataloged. For the Data view, only the backups stored on the selected vault will be cataloged. The backups that have already been cataloged, will not be cataloged again.
Since cataloging a large number of backed up data may take a long time, you may prefer to use the Archive view of the respective vault. For more information about using the Archive view, see "Browsing the vault contents and data selection" in the Working with vaults section.
The data is not supported by the catalog
The following data cannot be displayed in the catalog or data view:
Data from the encrypted and password-protected archives.
Data backed up to removable media, such as CD, DVD, BD, Iomega REV.
Data backed up to Acronis Online Backup Storage.
Data backed up using Acronis True Image Echo or earlier product versions.
Data backed up using the simplified backup naming.
Solution: To be able to browse such data, use the Archive view tab of the respective vault.
The data is not included in the centralized catalog
Data from personal vaults is not displayed in the centralized catalog.
Solution: To be able to browse such data, connect directly to a machine, select the required personal vault and then select Data view.