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title: "Before You Begin"
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# Before You Begin

Before you begin the restore process, check the following prerequisites:

- The backup from which you plan to restore data must be successfully created at least once.
- The backup from which you plan to restore data must be created by a backup job that has **Personal files** in the backup scope.
- An administrator or user that belongs to the `veeam` group, can view and restore all user profiles that are available in the backup file. A standard user that does not belong to the `veeam` group can restore only their own user profile. For more information on adding users to the veeam group, see [Granting Permissions to Users](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/agentformac/20/userguide/grant_access.html).
- [For backups stored in network shared folders or in repositories managed by Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Cloud Connect] You must have access to the remote target location where the backup file resides.
- [For repositories managed by Veeam Backup & Replication] If you plan to restore data from a backup stored on a Veeam backup repository, you must have access permissions on this backup repository. To learn more, see [Setting Up User Permissions on Backup Repositories](integrate_permissions.md).