Restore files to an ECS instance - Cloud Backup - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

You can restore files to an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance from a backup of the ECS instance, or from another ECS instance in the same backup vault. You can also restore files to an ECS instance from a backup of an on-premises client.

Prerequisites

Files are backed up from ECS instances. For more information, see Back up files from an ECS instance.

Create a restore job

Log on to the Cloud Backup console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Backup > ECS File Backup.
In the top navigation bar of the page, select the region where the instance is deployed.
On the ECS File Backup page, click New Version.
On the Backup Plans tab, click the icon on the left of a completed backup plan.
Specify a point in time and click Restore.

In the Create Restore Job dialog box, configure the following settings as prompted:

Configure the Restore Items parameter and click Next.

The following table describes the valid values of the parameter.

Parameter

Description

Restore Items

The files or folders that you want to restore.

Include All Files: All files on the client are restored.
Include Files: Select the files or folders that you want to restore.
You can also click Enter Paths to specify the files that you want to restore. In the text box, enter the paths of the files or folders that you want to restore. Cloud Backup restores files in the client based on the specified restore policy.
In the text box, enter one path in each line and make sure that the first folder in each path is the lowest-level folder in the directory that is backed up. For example, if the files in folder/test/data are backed up, and you want to restore the file.txt and abc.png files in the data folder, specify the following paths:
```
/data/file.txt
/data/abc.png
```
Exclude Files: Select the files or folders that you do not want to restore.
You can also click Enter Paths to specify the files that you want to restore. In the text box, enter the paths of the files or folders that you want to restore. Cloud Backup restores files in the client based on the specified restore policy.
In the text box, enter one path in each line and make sure that the first folder in each path is the lowest-level folder in the directory that is backed up. For example, if the files in folder/test/data are backed up, and you want to restore the file.txt and abc.png files in the data folder, specify the following paths:
```
/data/file.txt
/data/abc.png
```

Specify a destination for data restoration and click Next. The following table describes the parameters.
Parameter
Description
Destination Type
Select Backup Clients for ECS.
Client Name
The name of the client to which you want to restore the files.

Specify the restore path and click Start Restore. The following table describes the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Restore Path Type	Specify Path: restores files to the path that you specified. Origin Path: restores files to the path from which the files are backed up.
Destination Path	This parameter is required only if the Restore Path Type parameter is set to Specify Path. You can specify a path to which you want to restore files.
File Conflict Policy	Skip This File Overwrite The File (default value) Keep Latest File

After the restore job is created, you can view the progress of the restore job in the Status column on the Restore Jobs tab.

Parameter	Description
Destination Type	Select Backup Clients for ECS.
Client Name	The name of the client to which you want to restore the files.