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How To: Perform File Level Restore using Veeam Agent for Windows

In our previous guide: How To: Deploy Servers Or Workstation Protection, we utilized Scout's automation to deploy a backup with Veeam Agent for Windows (VAW). In this guide, we will demonstrate how to restore files using VAW.

Restoring Data using Veeam Agent for Windows:

1. Open VAW Control panel from the taskbar:

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2. In VAW Control panel, select the Menu Button, hover over the backup job automatically created by Probax Scout, then select Restore File:

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3. In the File Level Restore window, choose the restore point applicable to your needs then select Next:

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4. At the Summary step, select Open:

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5. In the Veeam Backup Browser, navigate to the Folder or File you’d like to restore. Once located, right-click on the item, highlight Restore, then select Keep:

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If the item already exists, Keep will restore the folder or file to its original location and prepend it with RESTORED. 

6. A new window will open with the progress of the restore. Once the restore completes successfully, close the window:

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7. Navigate to where the file existed previously to find that it has been restored successfully:

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With this guide, you will have learned how to perform a File Level Restore using the backup job Scout deployed through Veeam Agent for Windows.