Archive Viewer only showing "deleted" directory

agencypja · Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 7

I've been using VV to backup a remote file server for some time now. My profile has the "archive deleted items" option checked.

Now I find myself having to restore the file server from this backup yet, when I open the Archive Viewer and select Target, I'm only able to access the directory with deleted files in it.

How can I restore the file server to it's live state (as of the last back up, obviously)?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Hello

the target folder will contain a 1:1 mirror of the source ; if you want to restore old deleted files it needs to be done from the archive with the archive viewer tool.

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agencypja · Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 7

If ollow you; I think I've confused my own issue... here's my catch - my backup is all compressed into TGZ files. Perhaps I'm mistakenly thinking that VV can restore from that.

If not, any suggestions how to cleanly decompress this large collection of files?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Hi

ViceVersa does not create or restore from TGZ files. How were those files created?

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agencypja · Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 7

Sorry, I mis-spoke - they aren't TGZ, they're .gz files and they're created by selecting the compress option in the backup profile (Execution->Compression/Encryption).

I take it that one deson't restore from backup from within Vice Versa (i.e. it doesn't handle the decompression of these files); rather, that I'm on my own to get each-and-every file decompressed?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Hi, please see: http://www.tgrmn.com/web/forum/viewtopict15.htm
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