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

Location

The location option specifies where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set for a query or restore operation. You can use this option to locate backup sets on the server or local files. Tapes that are generated on the server can be used locally by specifying the location option and either the file name or the tape device.

Note:
The Tivoli Storage Manager Client API does not support this option.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Syntax

            .-server-.
>>-LOCation-+--------+-----------------------------------------><
            +-file---+
            '-tape---'
 
 

Parameters

server
Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on the server. This is the default.

file
Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local file .

tape
Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local tape device. It is no longer necessary to specify a specific tape device type name. Specifying location=tape covers all tape device types. This parameter is valid for Solaris, AIX, AIX 5L, and HP-UX clients.
Note:
For Solaris, AIX, AIX 5L, HP-UX, and Solaris: If you want to restore a backup set from a 3570 or 3590 tape device, but you do not have the 3570 or 3590 generic device driver on your client workstation, you can download these device drivers from the following Web site:
   ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/

For Solaris: Use tapes that are fully compliant with Sun standards.

Examples

Command line:
restore backupset "/dev/rmt0" -loc=tape
restore backupset mybackupsetname -loc=server
restore backupset /home/budget/backupsetfile.name
-loc=file
 


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