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

Retrieving Archives Using Commands

Use the retrieve command to retrieve files. Specify the file you want retrieve along with a destination. If you do not indicate a destination, the files are retrieved to their original location. For example, to retrieve the c:\doc\h2.doc file to its original directory, you would enter:

   dsmc retrieve c:\doc\h2.doc

To retrieve the file under a new name, you would enter:

   dsmc retrieve c:\doc\h2.doc c:\doc\h3.doc

To retrieve all files archived with a specific description to a directory named retr1 at a new location:

   dsmc retrieve c:\* d:\retr1\ -sub=yes -desc="My first archive"

You can use the pick option to obtain a list of archive copies from which you can pick files. See Pick.

If you are retrieving a file to a disk that has a different label other than the disk from which the file was archived, use the file space name (label) of the archive disk rather than the drive letter. For example, if you archived a file from the diskette, workathome on the a: drive, and you are retrieving it to a diskette in the a: drive labeled extra, you would enter:

   dsmc retrieve {workathome}\doc\h2.doc a:\doc\h2.doc

For information about how to retrieve files when the machine name is part of the file name, see Restoring Data from the Command Line. The information is presented in the context of the restore command but applies equally to the retrieve command.


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