Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

To restore Salesforce metadata

1. Access the Veritas Alta SaaS Protection Administration portal.
2. On the home page, click Content.
3. On the Content page, select the required Salesforce Metadata Stor from the upper left drop-down list.

   Note:

   Metadata for all the Salesforce organizations that is backed up through different connectors is stored in one Stor (unlike Data which is captured in separate Structured Stors).

4. On the left pane, do the following:

   Note:

   To view a specific connector, organization, or metadata type, you can enter its name in the associated filter box.

   • Expand the required connector.

     The names of the associated Salesforce organizations are displayed.

   • Expand the Salesforce organization name.

   • Click the Metadata folder.

     The restore points available in the backup are displayed on the right pane.

   • Click the required restore point.

     Always select the restore point marked with a green tick as it indicates that the corresponding backup job is completed successfully, without any error.

   • Click the unpackged folder.

   • Click the metadata type that is to be restored.

     For example, applications.

5. On the right pane, do the following:

   • Select checkboxes of the metadata components that are to be restored.

   • Click Restore at the upper right of the page.

   Note:

   You can download a metadata component by clicking Download if you want to review the contents of the metadata component.

   After you click Restore, you are directed to the Restore page that displays the following details:

   Restore Mode field	This section displays the value as Metadata as you have initiated the metadata restore process.
   Restore point field	This section displays the recovery point that you have selected using Step 3.
   Restore to Salesforce organization field	This section displays the export services configured for different Salesforce organizations. By default, the same organization to which the data belongs is selected. In case you want to restore the data to another Salesforce organization, select the export services of another organization from the drop-down list. Refer to the Sandbox seeding topic in the See About the Salesforce Data, Metadata, and CRM Content restore.

6. Expand Advanced options and do one of the following:

   • Select the Validate only check box to validate the selected metadata zip files for dependencies without restoring them.

   • Clear the Validate only check box to continue the restore.

     This option internally validates the metadata zip file and restores if successful.

7. Click Next.

   The selected metadata components are listed on the page with its details.

8. Click Next.
9. Enter the email addresses of the users who need to be notified on the completion of the restore operation.
10. Click Next.
11. Verify the details and click Restore.

    In case if you choose not to wait for the Analyze phase to finish, the restore operation gets queued and starts once the Analyzed operation is finished.

    Depending upon the amount of the data Analyzed for the restore, the time required for restore operation can vary.

    After the restore is initiated, you can go to the Restore dashboard to view the restore progress.

    See Restore job statuses.

    See How to cancel a restore job?.

    See View the restore events.

12. Navigate to the destination Salesforce organization to confirm that the restore is completed successfully.