Changing your restore device source

When restoring data from media you are not required to specify the device group. By default, ARCserveIT will look for the specified media in each host's associated device group. However, you can have ARCserveIT restore from any device group on your host. You may want to change your device group if another group is already being used for a job.

Steps for changing your restore device source

If you want to use a drive that is from another device group, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the Device group drop-down menu, and use your mouse to select a different device group as shown below:


When restoring data from spanned media, it may be necessary to specify the device group to restore from, in the required media sequence is not already loaded in the device drive.