Exploring a mounted recovery point by using the local mount utilityNOTE: This procedure is not necessary if you are exploring a recovery point immediately aftermounting it, as the folder containing the recovery point automatically opens upon completion ofthe mounting procedure.To explore a mounted recovery point using the Local Mount Utility:1. From the machine on which by LMU is installed, launch LMU by double-clicking the desktop icon.2. From the main Local Mount Recovery screen, click Active mounts.The Active Mounts window opens and displays all mounted recovery points.3. Click Explore beside the recovery point from which you want to recover to open the folder ofdeduplicated volumes.Mounting a recovery point by using the local mount utilityBefore mounting a recovery point, the LMU must connect to the Core on which the recovery point isstored. As described in Adding A Core To The Local Mount Utility, the number of cores that can be addedto the LMU is unlimited; however, the application can connect to only one core at a time. For example, ifyou mount a recovery point of an agent protected by one core and then mount a recovery point of anagent protected by a different core, the LMU automatically disconnects from the first core to establish aconnection with the second core.To mount a recovery point by using the Local Mount Utility:1. From the machine on which the LMU is installed, launch LMU by double-clicking the desktop icon.2. From the main AppAssure Local Mount Utility window, expand the desired core in the navigationtree to reveal the protected agents.3. From the navigation tree, select the desired agent.The recovery points display in the main frame.4. Expand the recovery point that you want to mount to reveal individual disk volumes or databases.5. Right-click the recovery point that you want to mount and select one of the following options:• Mount• Mount writable• Mount with previous writes• Advanced mount6. From the Advanced Mount window, complete the options described as follows:Text Box DescriptionMount point path To select a path for the recovery points other than the default mount pointpath, click the Browse button.Mount type Select one of the following options:• Mount read-only• Mount writable• Mount read-only with previous writes7. Click Mount.The LMU automatically opens the folder containing the mounted recovery point.65
