Pitdate

Use the pitdate option with the pittime option to establish a point in time to display or restore the latest version of your backups.

Files that were backed up on or before the date and time you specify, and which were not deleted before the date and time you specify, are processed. Backup versions that you create after this date and time are ignored.

Use the pitdate option with the following commands:

When pitdate is used, the inactive and latest options are implicit.

AIX operating systemsHP-UX operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsMac OS X operating systemsWindows operating systems

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients. The Tivoli® Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax

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>>-PITDate = - --date------------------------------------------><

Parameters

date
Specifies the appropriate date. Enter the date in the format you selected with the dateformat option.

When you include dateformat with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.

Examples

Mac OS X operating systemsCommand line:
Mac OS X operating systemsdsmc restore "/Volumes/proj4/myproj/*" -sub=y -pitdate=08/01/2003 -pittime=06:00:00
AIX operating systemsHP-UX operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsMac OS X operating systemsCommand line:
AIX operating systemsHP-UX operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsMac OS X operating systemsdsmc restore "/fs1/*" -sub=y -pitdate=08/01/2003 -pittime=06:00:00
Windows operating systemsCommand line:
Windows operating systemsdsmc restore -pitdate=08/01/2003 c:\myfiles\