Restore Statement
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The restore statement is used to identify what to restore and to which location to restore it.
Note. The Catalog can only be restored from TAPE. The Catalog cannot be restored from CATALOG.
NODE (nodename nodetype [ipaddress])
nodename
The name in the Catalog of the node to which the data will be restored.
nodetype
The operating system on the node. Valid entries are UNIX, WINNT, WIN95, NETWARE, and NDMP.
ipaddress
The TCP/IP address of the node to which the data will be restored.
DISK (disk fstype)
Note. DISK does not apply to UNIX operating systems.
disk
The disk to which the data will be restored. Example: C:.
fstype
The type of file system on the disk. Valid entries are NTFS, FAT, DOS, NETWARE, and RAW.
SELECT (selection)
Includes or excludes specific files.
selection
The specific files to include or exclude. To include files, precede the files with I (for example, I "/home/."). To exclude files, precede the files with E (for example, E "/home/."). An asterisk can be used as a wildcard. Separate multiple selections with semi-colons. Selection strings must be enclosed in quotes.
CATALOG
Used exclusively to restore the Catalog. The Catalog can only be restored from TAPE. The Catalog cannot be restored from CATALOG.
NODE (nodename nodetype ipaddress) [DISK disk] PATH path Specifies the location to which the data will be restored. If this is omitted, DPX restores data to its original location.
nodename
The name of the node to which the data will be restored.
nodetype
The operating system on the node. Valid entries are UNIX, WINNT, WIN95, WIN31, and NETWARE.
ipaddress
The TCP/IP address of the node to which the data will be restored.
disk
The disk to which the data will be restored. DISK is not valid for UNIX.
path
The directory to which the data will be restored. The path specification must be enclosed in quotes. Example: "/tmp/restore/"
CATALOG DATE (startdate enddate)
Limits the Catalog search to files that were backed up between specific dates.
startdate
The starting date for the Catalog search. The format for the date is mm/dd/yyyy.
enddate
The ending date for the Catalog search. The format for the date is mm/dd/yyyy.
JOBNAME jobname
Limits the Catalog search to files that were backed up by a specific backup job definition.
jobname
The name of the backup job definition that backed up the file.
JOBID jobid
Limits the Catalog search to files that were backed up by a specific instance of a backup job.
jobid
The number assigned to the job by DPX. Each time a job runs, DPX assigns a number to the job.
TASKID taskid
Limits the Catalog search to files that were backed up by a specific SnapVault backup job task.
taskid
The number assigned to the task by DPX. Each time a task runs, DPX assigns a number to the task.
DEVICECLUSTER devicecluster
devicecluster
The name of the device cluster from which DPX will select a device to restore.
DEVICE devicename
devicename
The name of the specific device or devices to restore from.
RDEVICE (devicefilename devicetype nodename nodetype ipaddress)
The physical location of a device. Used with devices that have not been configured into DPX.
devicefilename
The OS specific name used to refer to the device. Example (on Solaris): /dev/rmt/0. Example (on Windows): \\.\Tape0.
devicetype
The device type. Example: 4mm.
nodename
The name of a node to which the device is attached. This node must have been previously defined (via the Enterprise function). You can have multiple devices on a node, up to the limit the hardware will support.
nodetype
The operating system on the node. Valid entries are UNIX, WINNT, WIN95, and NETWARE.
ipaddress
The TCP/IP address of the node to which the device is attached.
TAPE ({volser partition;}. . . )
Restores files from a specific tape or tapes. Separate multiple tape selections with semi-colons.
volser
The volume serial number of the tape that contains the files to restore.
partition
The partition on the tape that contains the files to restore. Specify 0 to indicate all partitions.
