Restoring SharePoint Folders

To restore a SharePoint folder from the backup:

1. In the main menu, click SharePoint.

2. On the SharePoint page, expand the SharePoint site and library that contains the folder you want to restore. To select multiple folders, press and hold the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard.
3. Select the SharePoint folder you want to restore.
4. Click Restore Selected Item.

5. In the Restore SharePoint Content window, check the name of the folder you want to restore and the time when the backup that contains the folder was created.
6. In the Restore to section, select where to restore the SharePoint folder. You can select one of the following options:

• The following site alias. Select this option if you want to restore the folder to another site within the same SharePoint instance.

If you select this option, type the site alias. Veeam Data Cloud will display the resulting URL of the target site.

You can click Advanced options to display more options. For details, see the next step of the procedure.

• Original Location. Select this option if you want to restore the folder to its original location.
• Local computer. Select this option if you want to download the SharePoint folder to your computer. Use this option for SharePoint folders whose size does not exceed 1 GB. Veeam Data Cloud will save the SharePoint folder to a .ZIP file.
• Download in background. Select this option if you want to download the SharePoint folder to your computer. Use this option for SharePoint folders whose size exceeds 1 GB or if the download process takes more than 3.5 minutes. Veeam Data Cloud will save the SharePoint folder to a .ZIP file. For more information on how to get the downloaded data, see Obtaining Downloaded Items.

7. [For restore to another site] If you want to specify advanced restore options, do the following:

1. Click Advanced options.
2. In the Restore the following items section, do the following:

1. Select the Changed items check box if you want to restore items that have been modified in the production environment.
2. Select the Missing items check box if you want to restore items that are missing in your target location. For example, some of the items were removed and you want to restore them from the backup.

3. In the History restore options section, select the Restore only the latest version check box if you want to restore only the latest version of items. If you select this check box, you can select one of the following options:

• Overwrite. Select this option to overwrite items in the production environment with the latest version of items in the backup.
• Merge. Select this option to merge the latest version of items in the backup into items in the production environment.

8. Start the restore process:

• Click Restore if you selected to restore data to the original location or to a site alias.
• Click Download if you selected to download data to the local computer or download data in the background.