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RESTORE NODE (Restore a Node)

Use this command to initiate a restore operation for a network-attached storage (NAS) node.

You can use the RESTORE NODE command to restore backups that were created by using either the client's BACKUP NAS command or the server's BACKUP NODE command.

Privilege Class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege, policy privilege for the domain to which the node is assigned, or client owner authority over the node.

Syntax

>>-RESTORE Node--node_name--source_file_system------------------>
 
>--+-------------------------+--+--------------+---------------->
   '-destination_file_system-'  '-PITDate=date-'
 
                     .-Wait--=--No------.
>--+--------------+--+------------------+----------------------><
   '-PITTime=time-'  '-Wait--=--+-No--+-'
                                '-Yes-'
 
 

Parameters

node_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the node to restore. You cannot use wildcard characters or specify a list of names.

source_file_system (Required)
Specifies the name of the file system to restore. You cannot use wildcard characters for this name. You cannot specify more than one file system to restore.

destination_file_system
Specifies that the file server restores the data to an existing, mounted file system on the file server. This parameter is optional. The default is the original location of the file system on the file server.

PITDate
Specifies the point-in-time date. When used with the PITTIME option, PITDATE establishes the point in time from which you want to select the data to restore. The latest data that was backed up on or before the date and time that you specify will be restored. This parameter is optional. The default is TODAY.

You can specify the date by using one of the values below:

Value Description Example
MM/DD/YYYY A specific date 06/25/2001
TODAY The current date TODAY
TODAY-days
or
-days
The current date minus days specified TODAY-7 or -7.

To restore data that was backed up a week ago, specify PITDATE=TODAY-7 or PITDATE=-7.

PITTime
Specifies the point-in-time time. When used with the PITDATE option, PITTIME establishes the point in time from which you want to select the data to restore. The latest data that was backed up on or before the date and time that you specify will be restored. This parameter is optional. The default is the current time.

You can specify the time by using one of the values below:

Value Description Example
HH:MM:SS A specific time on the specified date 12:33:28
NOW The current time on the specified date NOW
NOW-HH:MM
or
-HH:MM
The current time minus hours and minutes on the specified begin date NOW-03:30 or -03:30.

If you issue this command at 9:00 with PITTIME=NOW-03:30 or PITTIME=-03:30, the server restores backup records with a time of 5:30 or later on the point-in-time date.

Wait
Specifies whether to wait for the server to complete processing this command in the foreground. The default is NO. Possible values are:

No
Specifies that the server processes this command in the background. Use the QUERY PROCESS command to monitor the background processing of this command.

Yes
Specifies that the server processes this command in the foreground. You wait for the command to complete before continuing with other tasks. The server then displays the output messages to the administrative client when the command completes.
Note:
You cannot specify Wait=Yes from the server console.

Examples

Task

Restore the data from the /vol/vol10 file system on NAS node NAS1.

Command:
restore node nas1 /vol/vol10

Related Commands

Table 244. Commands Related to RESTORE NODE

Command Description
BACKUP NODE Backs up a network-attached storage (NAS) node.
BACKUP NAS (Tivoli Storage Manager client command) Creates a backup of NAS node data.
RESTORE NAS (Tivoli Storage Manager client command) Restores a backup of NAS node data.


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