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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide
The retrieve command obtains copies of archived files from the
Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can retrieve specific files or
entire directories. Use the description option to specify
the descriptions assigned to the files you want to retrieve.
You can also use the pick option to display a list of your
archives. From this list, you can select an archive to retrieve.
Retrieve the files into the same directory from which they were
archived, or in a different directory. Tivoli Storage Manager uses the
preservepath option with the subtree value as the
default for restoring files. For more information, see Chapter 10, "Using Options with Commands".
Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX clients.
Syntax
>>-RETrieve--+----------+--+- sourcefilespec---+---------------->
'- options-' '- "sourcefilespec"-'
>--+----------------------+------------------------------------><
'- destinationfilespec-'
Parameters
- options
- You can use these command line options with the retrieve
command: description, dirsonly, filelist, filesonly, fromdate,
fromnode, fromowner, fromtime, ifnewer, pick, preservepath, todate,
totime. For more information, see Chapter 10, "Using Options with Commands".
- sourcefilespec
- Specifies the path and file name that you want to retrieve. Use
wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all the files in a
directory. See Maximum File Size for Operations for the maximum file size for retrieve processing.
- destinationfilespec
- Specifies the path and file name where you want to retrieve the
files to. If you do not specify a destination, Tivoli Storage Manager
restores the files to the original source path.
Examples
- Task
- Retrieve a single file named budget.
Command: retrieve /home/devel/projecta/budget
- Task
- Retrieve all files with an extension of .c from the
/home/devel/projecta directory.
Command: retrieve
"/home/devel/projecta/*.c"
- Task
- Retrieve all files in the /home directory.
Command: retrieve /home/
- Task
- Retrieve all files with a file extension of .c from the
/home/devel/projecta directory to the
/home/newdevel/projectn/projecta directory. If the
/projectn or the /projectn/projecta directory does not
exist, it is created.
Command: retrieve "/home/devel/projecta/*.c"
/home/newdevel/projectn/
- Task
- Retrieve files in the /user/project directory. Use the
pick option.
Command: ret "/user/project/*" -pick
- Task
- Retrieve all files archived from the /proj directory with the
description "2002 survey results."
Command: retrieve "/proj/*" -desc="2002 survey
results"
- Task
- Retrieve archived file /home/devel/budget with description "my
budget" to the /dev/rmt1 tape drive.
Command:
mkfifo fifo
dd if=fifo of=/dev/rmt1&
dsmc retrieve -replace=yes -description="mybudget"
/home/devel/budget fifo
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