Advanced Search

The file Search dialog offers the most direct way to locate a backed up file. Use the Search dialog if you are looking for common file types, if you remember all or part of the name of the file you want to find, If you recall the size of the file you wish to locate, or if you know when you last changed a file. The Search dialog can search within all performed backup runs to locate all revisions of a file or files.

To open the advanced search dialog from the catalog window, click the Advanced Search link the upper-right corner.

You can write the name of the file you wish to locate directly in the Search for field. If you know only part of the name, you can use wildcard characters to locate all files that include that part in the name. For example, *map.* will find "road map.jpg", "tech map.doc", and "tech map.txt". You can also search for files which names contain a sequence of adjacent letters. For example, ost will find "most wanted.doc", "host.txt", and "outlook.ost".

You can instruct Genie Backup Manager to look for your file either in a specific backup archive, or in all the archives created by currently configured backup jobs, by selecting one of the following options from the Search in drop-down menu.

• Selected Backup Run: Search for file within the highlighted backup run.

• Selected Backup Job: Search for file within the selected backup job.

• All Jobs: Search the entire catalog.

• Browse for Backup Job: Open a list of backup jobs/runs to choose from

• Browse for Backup File: Specify a backup set to search within, useful when there is no catalog entry is available for that backup set.

The GBM data type menu enables you to refine your search by specifying whether the file you are searching for belongs to a My Profile item.

You can use additional search criteria to make your search more specific by clicking the More choices tab, this will enable you to refine your search according to the size and/or "last modified date and time" attribute of the file(s) you are looking for.