9.1.2 Restoring collected files

Use the unarchiver to restore files that were archived or compressed (during remote collection) to the original format.

To start the unarchiver, select IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager, and then Unarchiver.

When the unarchiver starts, the IT Desktop Management 2 Unarchiver window appears.

Figure 9‒4: IT Desktop Management 2 Unarchiver window

The right pane of the Unarchiver window displays the directories and files in sorted order. However, if the drive is a FAT file system, the directories and files are not sorted.

Note:: If the user who initiates the Unarchiver does not have administrator permission for the operating system, elevate the user to administrator level before proceeding.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Restoring files
(2) File configuration at the restoration destination

(1) Restoring files

Use the Job Status window to check which directory the file to be restored belongs to before restoring the file.

You can only restore files that are stored in a directory. You cannot restore any files stored immediately under the drive.

To restore files collected by remote collection:

Select the file or directory to be restored, select File, and then Restore File (or click [Figure] ).

The Restore dialog box appears.

Figure 9‒5: Restore dialog box

Destination directory

Specify the restoration destination directory. The restored file is stored in the specified directory. You must specify a valid path for the destination directory.

The following conditions must be met, depending on the file system you use

- The path to the destination directory must be no more than 247 single-byte characters.

- The full path to the file to be restored must be no more than 256 single-byte characters.

The format of the full path is shown below.

restoration-destination-directory + created-directory + restored-file-name-or-directory-name

The format of created directory is as shown below.

archive-file-name + _ + archive-file-storage-directory

- Do not use the following single-byte symbols:

* " : < > | ?

For details about restoration destination directories for multiple files to be restored, see 9.1.2(2) File configuration at the restoration destination.

Contents

This frame displays the name and contents of the file to be restored.

Archive file name

This box displays the name of the file to be restored. If you select a directory as the restoration target, the names of all the files in the directory are displayed.

List of archived files

This box lists the contents of the file that you selected in the Archive file name box.

Set the necessary items, and then click the OK button.

File restoration processing starts. The Restore File dialog box is displayed during restoration processing.

You can also restore a file by dragging it from Explorer, and then dropping it on the unarchiver icon or into the IT Desktop Management 2 Unarchiver window.

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(2) File configuration at the restoration destination

If you restore only one archive file, the restored files are stored immediately under the directory specified in the Destination directory field of the Restore dialog box. However, when you restore multiple archive files at the same time, different archive files might contain files with the same names. For this reason, when you restore multiple archive files, create directories with the following name under the directory specified in the Destination directory field, so that the restored files can be correctly stored in these directories.

archived-file-name(-excluding-the-extension)_parent-directory-name

In the following example, multiple archive files are restored and stored in the destination directory called C:\TEMP\DATA.

Archive file name	File contents
`C:\user\PC0001\ED0001.dmz`	`E10.txt`, `E11.txt`
`C:\user\PC0001\ED0002.dmz`	`E20.dat`, `E21.dat`
`C:\user\PC0002\ED0001.dmz`	`E10.txt`, `E11.txt`
`C:\user\PC0002\ED0002.dmz`	`E20.dat`, `E21.dat`

Figure 9‒6: Configuration of the restoration destination directory

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