The fromnode option permits one node to perform commands for another node. A user on another node must use the set access command to permit you to query, restore, or retrieve files for the other node.
Use the fromnode option with the following commands:
- query archive
- query backup
- query filespace
query group
query image- query mgmtclass
- restore
- restore group
- restore image
- retrieve
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients.
Parameters
- node
- Specifies the node name on a workstation or a file server whose backup copies or archived files you want to access.
Examples
- Command line:
- dsmc query archive -fromnode=bob -subdir=yes "/Users/van/Documents/*"
- Command line:
- dsmc query archive -fromnode=bob -subdir=yes "/home/jones/*"
- Command line:
- dsmc query archive -fromnode=bob -subdir=yes d:\
Note: The Tivoli® Storage Manager client
can use file space information when restoring files. The file space
information can contain the name of the computer from which the files
were backed up. If you restore from another Tivoli Storage Manager client
node and do not specify a destination for the restored files, the
client uses the file space information to restore the files. In such
a case, the client attempts to restore the files to the file system
on the original computer. If the restoring computer has access to
the file system of the original computer, you can restore files to
the original file system. If the restoring computer can not access
the file system of the original computer, the client
can return a network error message. If you want to restore the original
directory structure but on a different computer, specify only the
target file system when you restore. This is true when restoring
files from another node and when retrieving files from another node.