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How to Use the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection Export Utility to Restore a SharePoint Site, List, Folder, or Files

Article: 100050219
Last Published: 2023-09-19
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Product(s): Veritas Alta SaaS Protection

Description

 
This article will walk through the complete process of how to use the Export Utility to recovery/restore a SharePoint Site, List, Folder, or Files. 
 
This process requires the proper permissions to use the Export Utility. 
 
This article will cover the following use cases:
  1. Restore a SharePoint Site
  2. Restore a Sharpoint List
  3. Restore a SharePoint Folder
  4. Restore a SharePoint File

Connect the Export Utility

  1. Enter the StorSite Web Service URL.  This can be copied from the Admin Portal URL and modified as seen in the screenshot. 
  2. Provide your work email address then click 'Next'. You will be prompted to authenticate with your password.

Configure the Export

  1. Select 'Admin' as the 'Export Mode'

 

Restoring a SharePoint List or Folder

  1. Select where to 'Export From' by clicking the ellipse button.
  2. Select the SharePoint list you'd like to restore from your SharePoint Stor and Click 'Ok.'
  1. For 'Export What' select 'All Items.'
  2. For 'Export To' select 'Single SharePoint Site Collection', click the ellipsis button, to create the connection:
    1. 'SharePoint Connection' - Select your SharePoint Connection. If it does not exist, refer to the following article on how to configure it and then return back to this section.  How to Configure the SharePoint Connection for the Export Utility
  3. Enter the Destination Site Collection URL.
  1. Click the browse button to select the SharePoint list you want for the destination.
    Note: 
    1. Recovery of a list will recursively recover all folders and items.  
    2. Recovery of lists can only function if the destination has the same customizations, content types, etc.
    1. The Destination Server Relative URLs will auto-populate based on the selection.
     

    Restore all data

    If you want to restore the data on the destination site, perform the following steps:

    • Select the ‘Restore All Versions’ check box, and then click ‘OK’.
    • On the ‘Export Utility’ window, in ‘Admin Export Mode’, select one of the following options:
      • All – Restores data from all the backups.
      • All (Point-In-Time) – Enter a specific date and time for restore point. It restores the crawl that is run before the selected date and time. 
      • Specific Range – Enter a specific duration for restore point. It restores all the crawl(s) that is are run during the selected time duration.
    • On the ‘Export Utility’ window, click 'Run Export'.

    Overwrite data at destination

    If you want to overwrite the data on the destination site, perform the following steps:

    • On the ‘Export Utility’ window, click ‘Advanced Settings’.

    • From the ‘Configure export destination’ window, select the ‘Force Overwrite’ check box and then click ‘Ok’.

    • On the ‘Export Utility’ window, click the ellipse button, next to the ‘Export To’ option.

    • From the ‘Configure export destination’ window, select one of the following options from the ‘Versioned Document Overwrite Behavior’ drop-down, and then click ‘OK’.
      • Restore existing items before restoring
      • Restore to existing item (recycle existing versions)
      • Restore to existing item (keep existing versions)

    • On the ‘Export Utility’ window, click 'Run Export'.

     

    To Restore a Specific SharePoint File(s)

    • Select where to 'Export From' by clicking the ellipse button.
    1. Browse to the SharePoint folder where the files reside that are to be restored.
    1. For 'Export What' select from:
      1. Specified Items - Click the ellipse button and the item list will populate. You can select individual items or multiple items using the Ctrl or Shift selection methods.
      2. Items Meeting Metadata Filter - Add a metadata filter instead of selecting 'Specified Items.'
    1. For 'Export To' select 'Single SharePoint Site Collection', click the ellipsis button, to create the connection:
      1. 'SharePoint Connection' - Select your SharePoint Connection. If it does not exist, refer to the following article on how to configure it and then return back to this section.  HOW TO CONFIGURE THE SHAREPOINT CONNECTION FOR THE EXPORT UTILITY
    2. Enter the Destination Site Collection URL.
     
    1. Click the browse button to select the destination SharePoint folder.  The files can either be restored back to the original folder or a new folder can be created by righ-clicking within the browse window.  
      Note: Recovery of an item will restore the specified version (usually the most recent), along with all metadata. Restoring all versions in a single export job is not supported.
    1. The Destination Server Relative URLs will auto populate based on your selection.
    1. Continue to 'Run the Export' below.

    Run the Export

    1. The 'Restore Type' is automatically set to 'Original Item' because Seamless & Link-Based stubs are not supported.
    2. Notice that the 'Admin Export Mode' options are not available.  This is by design due to the nature of the way Sharepoint versioning works. This means the export will restore the most recent version of the documents.   
    3. As the export runs, you will be able to see its progress.
     
     
    1. When the export completes, you can run another export by clicking the 'Run Another Export' button.

    Access the Export

    1. Navigate to the output location you configured for your export and you should see the original folder structure recreated with the selected items.
     
     

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