Restoring application data

Many applications register with the Windows Backup service. These applications can then be backed up and restored independently of the rest of the system. Active Directory, Registry, and Hyper-V are examples of some of the in-built services that support this feature. Additional applications by Microsoft and third-party vendors can also utilize this feature.

Depending on the applications installed when backups occur, different applications will be available for restore. In this recipe, we will restore the system's Registry.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will be using a system configured similar to the first recipe, Configuring backup policies, and that has had at least one full system backup.

How to do it...

1. Identify the backup set.

   Get-WBBackupSet
   $myBackup = Get-WBBackupSet | `
   Where-Object VersionId -eq 03/03/2013-19:31

2. Determine the application.

   $myApp = $myBackup.Application | `
   Where-Object Identifier -eq Registry

3. Start the recovery.

   Start-WBApplicationRecovery...