Granular Restore provides an option for a fast and convenient file level restore directly from a guest virtual machine by mounting the virtual disks from the backup file, without the need to boot up or restore the whole guest virtual machine first. It is particularly useful if you only need to restore individual file(s) from a large sized guest virtual machine, which could take a few hours to complete restore before you can access any of the data.
The Granular Restore feature can only be enabled during backup set creation process. Once the Granular Restore feature is enabled and the backup set is saved, it is NOT possible to disable it afterwards, and vice versa. A new backup set will have to be created again if you wish make changes to the Granular Restore setting.
Granular Restore is powered by OpenDirect technology, which allows for fast and convenient restore of indvidual files from a large image file or compressed file,i.e. ISO, ZIP, RAR etc, by directly mounting the image or compressed file without the need to restore the image or compressed file first. It is particularly useful if you only need to restore a few individual file(s) from a large image or compressed file
The OpenDirect feature can only be enabled during backup set creation process. Once the OpenDirect feature is enabled and the backup set is saved, it is NOT possible to disable it afterwards, and vice versa. A new backup set will have to be created again if you wish make changes to the OpenDirect setting.