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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide
The restore image command restores a file system or raw volume
image that was backed up using the backup image command.
This command can restore an active base image, or a point-in-time base image,
with associated incremental updates.
Notes:
- The API must be installed to use the restore image
command.
- Image restore of the Sun QFS file system is not supported.
Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, HP/UX, Linux86, and Solaris
only.
Syntax
>>-REStore Image--+----------+--+- sourcefilespec---+----------->
'- options-' '- "sourcefilespec"-'
>--+----------------------+------------------------------------><
'- destinationfilespec-'
Parameters
- options
- You can use these command line options with the restore image
command: deletefiles, fromnode, fromowner, inactive, incremental,
noprompt, pick, pitdate, and pittime. For detailed
information about these options, see Chapter 10, Using Options with Commands.
- sourcefilespec
- Specifies the name of a source image file system to be restored.
Only a single source image may be specified; you cannot use wildcard
characters.
- destinationfilespec
- Specifies the name of an existing mounted file system to which the source
file system will be restored. The default is the original location of
the file system.
The restore image command does not define or mount the
destination file space. The destination volume must exist, must be
large enough to hold the source, and, if it contains a file system, must be
mounted. The destination volume must be mapped to a drive letter or
mount point. If an image backup contains a file system, and you restore
them to a different location, be aware of the following points:
- If the destination volume is smaller than the source volume, the operation
will fail.
- If the destination volume is larger than the source, after the restore
operation you will lose the difference between the sizes.
The lost space can be recovered by increasing the size of the volume.
This will also increase the size of the restored volume.
Examples
- Task
- Restore the /home/test directory over which the logical volume
is mounted, to its original location.
Command: dsmc rest image /home/test
- Task
- Restore the /home/proj directory over which the logical volume
is mounted, to its original location and apply the changes from the last
incremental backup of the original image recorded at the server. The
changes include deletion of files.
Command: dsmc restore image /home/proj -incremental
-deletefiles
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