Restoring a file to Microsoft Azure

Topic

This article describes how to restore a file to a Microsoft Azure VM using Datto Cloud SIRIS.

Environment

  • Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure

Description

The File Restore recovery method for the Cloud SIRIS lets you restore and recover protected Microsoft Azure files.

Procedure

  1. On your Cloud SIRIS' Recovery Launchpad page, click the File Restore option.

  2. Select the system from which you wish to restore, then click the CREATE FILE RESTORE button.

  3. Choose the date and time of your restore point, then click the SELECT button.

    The restore will build.

  4. After the restore builds and mounts, You'll be redirected to the Recovery Launchpad where you will see an entry for the restore you just created on the File Restores card. Click the cloud icon under Browse.

Recovering files from the restore

When the restore completes, the system will let you connect to it via the SFTP client of your choice, or through a web-based file browser.

Connecting to the restore via SFTP

If you have an SFTP client installed and integrated with your web browser, selecting the Launch SFTP option will automatically connect the client to your cloud restore and launch your SFTP client.

NOTE  The Launch SFTP feature has been tested for compatibility with WinSCP. Other file browsers are untested and may produce unreliable results.

To manually configure your SFTP client, click Show SFTP Details. You can use this information to configure any client capable of completing the connection process.

Connecting to the restore via Weblink

If you click Launch File Browser, you will see an interactive file directory of your restore. This window functions like a desktop browser. Clicking a directory's name will navigate you deeper into the file structure.

  • To download a single file, click the download icon to the right of its Last Modified date.
  • To download all of a directory's contents, click the Download icon to the right of the directory's Last Modified date. The File Restore utility will download the selection as a ZIP file.