Use Tivoli® Storage Manager to restore backup versions of specific files, a group of files with similar names, or entire directories.
You can restore these backup versions if the original files are lost or damaged. Select the files you want to restore using file specification (file path, name, and extension), a directory list, or a subdirectory path to a directory and its subdirectories.
All client backup and restore procedures in this topic also apply to the Web client, except the following:
- Preferences editor
Note: When restoring a directory, its modification date and time is
set to the date and time of the restore, not to the date and time
the directory had when it was backed up. This is because Tivoli Storage Manager restores
the directories first, then adds the files to the directories.
The following are the primary restore tasks:
Restoring files and directories- Restoring Windows system state
- Restoring Automated System Recovery files
- Microsoft Dfs tree and file restore
Restoring an image
Restoring data using the GUI- Command line restore examples
- Restore data from a backup set
- Restoring data to a point in time
- Restore NAS file systems
- Authorizing another user to restore or retrieve your files
- Authorizing another user to restore or retrieve your files
- Restoring or retrieving files from another client node
- Restoring or retrieving files from another client node
- Restoring or retrieving your files to another workstation
- Restore or retrieve files to another workstation
- Restoring a disk in case of disk loss
- Deleting file spaces
- Deleting file spaces
- Restoring data from a VMware backup
Refer to IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux for details about restoring migrated files and the restoremigstate option.