Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Reference

|RESTORE NODE (Restore a Node)

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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------------------>
| 
|>--+-------------------------+--+--------------+---------------->
|   '-destination_file_system-'  '-PITDate=date-'
| 
|                     .-Wait--=--No------.
|>--+--------------+--+------------------+----------------------><
|   '-PITTime=time-'  '-Wait--=--+-No--+-'
|                                '-Yes-'
| 
| 

|Parameters |

|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:
|

Value Description Example
MM/DD/YYYY A specific date 06/25/2001
TODAY The current date TODAY
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.

|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:
|

Value Description Example
HH:MM:SS A specific time on the specified date 12:33:28
NOW The current time on the specified date NOW
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.

|Wait
|Specifies whether to wait for the server to complete processing this |command in the foreground. The default is NO. Possible values |are: |

|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. |

|Command:
|restore node nas1 /vol/vol10 |

|Related Commands
|

|Table 242. Commands Related to RESTORE NODE

Command Description
BACKUP NODE Backs up a network-attached storage (NAS) node.
BACKUP NAS (Tivoli Storage Manager client command) Creates a backup of NAS node data.
RESTORE NAS (Tivoli Storage Manager client command) Restores a backup of NAS node data.


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