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Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Restoring or Retrieving Another User's Files

After users give you access to their files on the server, you can restore or retrieve those backup versions to your local drives (if the other user has authorized you to do so). To do this:

  1. Click Utilities from the main window.
  2. Click Access Another User. The Access Another User window appears.
  3. Type the node name of the user's host machine in the Node name field. Type the user name in the User name field.
  4. Click the Set button.

If you are using commands, use the fromnode option to indicate the node. You must also use the file space name, rather than the drive letter, to select the restore-retrieve drive you want to access. Include the file space name in braces and use it like a drive letter. For example, to restore cougar's files from the projx directory on the d-disk file space to your own projx directory, enter:

  dsmc restore -fromnode=cougar  \\cougar\d$\projx\* d:\projx\

Use the query filespace command to obtain a list of file spaces. For example, to obtain a list of cougar's file spaces, enter:

   dsmc query filespace -fromnode=cougar

For more information about using the fromnode option with the restore command, see Restore. See Retrieve for the retrieve command. For more information about the fromnode option, see Fromnode.


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