server uses this set of jobs to create a file structure that is the
most recent version of each file found in this job list.
-<p>After the select box OK button has been pressed, a limitation in bat
-occurs that will be resolved in the future. The restore process takes control
-of the connection to the server and does not allow any other communication to
-the server by any other interface.
-
<p>The second interface allows the user to browse this file structure and
choose the files and directories to restore. This is done in an explorer
type interface with a directory tree on the left. In the right pane of a
user to inform the bacula server details of the host and path to restore to, the
replacement rules, when to restore and what priority to give the restore job.
-<h2>The Version Browser Restore Interface</h2>
+<h2>A Version Browser Limitation</h2>
-<p>The Version Browser restore option does not have the same connection
-limitations as the standard restore during the file and directory selection
-process. The user can have an unlimited number of selection windows open at a
-time for viewing the cataloged jobs, directories, files and versions.
+There is an important limitation of the version browser. If a fileset
+specifically points to a file instead of a directory that contains files, it
+will not be seen in the version browser. This is due to the way that the
+version browser searches for directories first, then for files contained in
+those directories. A common example is with the catalog job.
+It by default points directly to one file created in a databse dump.
+
+<h2>The Version Browser Restore Interface</h2>
<p>This restore interface is <b>NOT</b> intended to perform major restores of directory
structures with large numbers of directories and files. It should work, however