Single file recovery (SFR)

Single file recovery (SFR) allows users to easily search for and restore purged versions of files from the backup medium. This feature also helps restore the files from the backup if accidentally deleted by a user. The scope of SFR is limited to restoring files from your backup medium. In Teamcenter, files revised beyond the set revision limit (the default is 3) are eclipsed. These eclipsed files are stored in the volume and are no longer referenced by the dataset once the revision limit is reached. A typical day-to-day backup preserves the revision limit versions of the file in the Teamcenter backup volumes. These files cannot be referenced in Teamcenter but are stored on backup media. Because the files are no longer associated in Teamcenter, it is tedious to manually bring the file back into Teamcenter. Rather than performing this task manually, Siemens Digital Industries Software recommends using SFR to recover a single file. SFR uses File Management System (FMS) to search for and restore files within the time limits specified by the TC_sfr_recovery_interval and TC_sfr_process_life_time preferences. The third-party backup software recovers the purged versions of files from the Teamcenter volume. If the file is found, it is imported into Teamcenter as a new dataset and placed in the user's Newstuff folder. If the file is not found under the Teamcenter volume location, even after the maximum time duration specified by the TC_sfr_process_life_time preference, a message appears user stating that the file cannot be recovered.