The client GUI can restore data from a backup set from the server, from a local file, or from a local tape device. You can use the GUI to restore individual files from a backup set from the Tivoli® Storage Manager server with a TOC, but not from a local backup set nor from a backup set from the server without a TOC.
About this task
Important: Before you begin a restore operation,
be aware that backup sets can contain data for multiple file spaces.
If you specify a destination other than the original location, data
from all file spaces are restored to the location you specify.
To restore a backup set from the GUI, perform the following steps:
Click Restore from
the GUI main window. The Restore window appears.- Locate the Backup Sets directory tree object
and expand it by clicking the plus sign (+) beside it.
- To restore the
backup set from a local device, expand the Local object
and the Specify backup set location window is displayed. On the window,
select File name: or Tape name: from
the list and enter the tape or file name location. You can also click
the Browse button to open a file selection
window and select a backup set.
- To restore data from backup set from the server, first expand the Server object and then either Filelevel or Image, depending on the type of restore requested.
- Click the selection box next to the backup set or directory or
file within the backup set that you want to restore.
You can select files from within a backup set if that backup set is from the server and has a table of contents.
- Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. Enter the appropriate information.
- Click Restore. The Task List window displays the restore processing status.
Note:
- If the object you want to restore is part of a backup set generated on a node, and the node name is changed on the server, any backup set objects that were generated prior to the name change will not match the new node name. Ensure that the node name is the same as the node for which the backup set was generated.
- The client can
be used to restore a backup set on an attached device with or without
a server connection. If the server connection fails, a prompt appears
to continue for purposes of local backup set restore. Also, thelocalbackupset option
can be used to tell the client not to attempt the connection to the
server.
- Certain local
devices such as tape devices (tape devices do not apply to Mac OS
X) require device drivers to be set up prior to performing a restore.
See the device manual for assistance with this task. You also need
to know the device address in order to perform the restore.
- The following
features of a backup set restore from the server are not available
when restoring locally:
- Image restore.
- Restoring individual system state
components.
- The GUI display
and restore of individual files and directories. The command line
can be used to restore an individual directory or file from a local
backup set.
- Application data restore if the server was
migrated from the Tivoli Storage Manager Express® product.