Restoring to an earlier point in time

Sometimes a problem is not noticed straight away. A change made days ago might have quietly broken something, or corrupted data may only come to light later. Because DirhamVault keeps a history of backups, you are not limited to your most recent copy - you can restore to an earlier point in time, before the problem began.

Each backup in your history is a restore point - a specific date and time you can return to. To restore to an earlier one:

1. Log in to the DirhamHost panel and open DirhamVault.
2. Review the list of available restore points - each is a date and time.
3. Choose the point from before the problem started (not just the newest backup, which may already contain it).
4. Restore the whole account, or just the affected file, folder, database or mailbox.

This is why keeping a history matters: if you only ever had last night's backup, and the fault crept in a week ago, that backup would already be broken. A range of restore points lets you step back to a genuinely good version.

A word of care: restoring to an earlier point means changes made after it will not be present. On a busy site, weigh up what you would lose - and where possible, use a granular restore (just the corrupted database, say) so you keep recent changes elsewhere.

Remember that restore points drop off as they age past the retention window; if you need to preserve a particular moment, download that backup. If choosing the right point feels tricky, our UAE-based team can help - support@dirhamaday.ae.