Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Reference
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|Use this command to initiate a restore operation for a
|network-attached storage (NAS) node.
|You can use the RESTORE NODE command to restore backups that were
|created by using either the client's BACKUP NAS command or the
|server's BACKUP NODE command.
|Privilege Class
|To issue this command, you must have system privilege, policy privilege for
|the domain to which the node is assigned, or client owner authority over the
|node.
|Syntax
|>>-RESTORE Node--node_name--source_file_system------------------>
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|>--+-------------------------+--+--------------+---------------->
| '-destination_file_system-' '-PITDate=date-'
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| .-Wait--=--No------.
|>--+--------------+--+------------------+----------------------><
| '-PITTime=time-' '-Wait--=--+-No--+-'
| '-Yes-'
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|Parameters
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- |node_name (Required)
- |Specifies the name of the node to restore. You cannot use wildcard
|characters or specify a list of names.
- |source_file_system (Required)
- |Specifies the name of the file system to restore. You cannot use
|wildcard characters for this name. You cannot specify more than one
|file system to restore.
- |destination_file_system
- |Specifies that the file server restores the data to an existing,
|mounted file system on the file server. This parameter is
|optional. The default is the original location of the file system on
|the file server.
- |PITDate
- |Specifies the point-in-time date. When used with the PITTIME
|option, PITDATE establishes the point in time from which you want to select
|the data to restore. The latest data that was backed up on or before
|the date and time that you specify will be restored. This parameter is
|optional. The default is TODAY.
|You can specify the date by using one of the values below:
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Value
| Description
| Example
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MM/DD/YYYY
| A specific date
| 06/25/2001
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TODAY
| The current date
| TODAY
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TODAY-days
or
-days
| The current date minus days specified
| TODAY-7 or -7.
To restore data that was backed up a week ago, specify PITDATE=TODAY-7 or
PITDATE=-7.
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- |PITTime
- |Specifies the point-in-time time. When used with the PITDATE
|option, PITTIME establishes the point in time from which you want to select
|the data to restore. The latest data that was backed up on or before
|the date and time that you specify will be restored. This parameter is
|optional. The default is the current time.
|You can specify the time by using one of the values below:
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Value
| Description
| Example
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HH:MM:SS
| A specific time on the specified date
| 12:33:28
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NOW
| The current time on the specified date
| NOW
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NOW-HH:MM
or
-HH:MM
| The current time minus hours and minutes on the specified begin date
| NOW-03:30 or -03:30.
If you issue this command at 9:00 with
PITTIME=NOW-03:30 or PITTIME=-03:30, the server
restores backup records with a time of 5:30 or later on the
point-in-time date.
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- |Wait
- |Specifies whether to wait for the server to complete processing this
|command in the foreground. The default is NO. Possible values
|are:
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- |No
- |Specifies that the server processes this command in the background.
|Use the QUERY PROCESS command to monitor the background processing of this
|command.
- |Yes
- |Specifies that the server processes this command in the foreground.
|You wait for the command to complete before continuing with other
|tasks. The server then displays the output messages to the
|administrative client when the command completes.
- |Note:
- You cannot specify Wait=Yes from the server console.
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|Examples
|Task
|Restore the data from the /vol/vol10 file system on NAS node NAS1.
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- |Command:
- |restore node nas1 /vol/vol10
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|Related Commands
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|Table 242. Commands Related to RESTORE NODE
Command
| Description
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BACKUP NODE
| Backs up a network-attached storage (NAS) node.
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BACKUP NAS (Tivoli Storage Manager client command)
| Creates a backup of NAS node data.
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RESTORE NAS (Tivoli Storage Manager client command)
| Restores a backup of NAS node data.
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