Data catalog

The data catalog lets you easily find the required version of data and select it for recovery. The data catalog displays the data stored in the managed locations for which cataloging is or was enabled.

The Catalog section appears under the Backups tab only if at least one catalog service is registered on the management server. For information about installing the catalog service, refer to "Installing a storage node and a catalog service".

The Catalog section is visible only to organization administrators.

Limitations

Cataloging is supported only for disk- and file-level backups of physical machines, and backups of virtual machines.

The following data cannot be displayed in the catalog:

• Data from the encrypted backups
• Data backed up to tape devices
• Data backed up to the cloud storage
• Data backed up by product versions earlier than Acronis Backup 12.5

Selecting the backed-up data for recovery

1. Click Backups > Catalog.
2. If several cataloging services are registered on the management server, select the service that catalogs the backups stored in the location.

   Tip  To see which service catalogs a location, select the location in Backups > Locations > Locations, and then click Details.

3. The software shows the machines that were backed up to the managed locations cataloged by the selected catalog service.

   Select the data to recover by browsing or by using search.

   • Browsing

     Double-click a machine to view the backed-up disks, volumes, folders, and files.

     To recover a disk, select the disk marked with the following icon:

     To recover a volume, double click the disk that contains the volume, and then select the volume.

     To recover files and folders, browse the volume where they are located. You can browse volumes that are marked with the folder icon:

   • Search

     In the search field, type the information that helps to identify the required data items (this can be a machine name, a file or folder name, or a disk label) and then click Search.

     You can use the asterisks (*) and question marks (?) as wildcards.

     As a result of the search, you will see the list of backed-up data items whose names fully or partially match the entered value.

4. By default, the data will be reverted to the latest possible point in time. If a single item is selected, you can use the Versions button to select a recovery point.
5. Having selected the required data, do one of the following:
   • Click Recover, and then configure the parameters of the recovery operation as described in ''Recovery".
   • [Only for files/folders] If you want to save the files as a .zip file, click Download, select the location to save the data to, and click Save.