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ca_restore Restore Media Options

The ca_restore command includes the following global media options:

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[-firsttapetimeout <minutes<1-9999>>]
[-spantapetimeout <minutes<1-9999>>]
[-optimizerestoreoff]

-firsttapetimeout <minutes>

Specify the time (in minutes) to wait for a usable media to be made available for the restore job. If a usable media is not made available within this specified time period, the job will time out and fail.

Default: 5 minutes

-spantapetimeout <minutes>

Specify the time (in minutes) to wait for a usable span media to be made available for the restore job. If a usable media is not loaded within this specified time period, the job will time out and fail.

If the infinite value is specified, the job continues to wait and prompt until a usable media is loaded or the user cancels the job.

Default: Infinite

-optimizerestoreoff

Disables the optimize restore option.

If, during a restore operation, Arcserve Backup discovers duplicate backup sessions, where one session resides on tape media and another session resides on a file system device, Arcserve Backup will by default restore the data from the session that resides on the file system device.

Under most circumstances, restoring data from a file system device is faster than restoring from tape media. However, you may want to disable the optimize restore option if you are using tape media or a library with high-speed reading capabilities, or if there is a known problem with your file system device. If you want to disable the optimize restore option, you would need to include this switch in the ca_restore command.

More information:

ca_restore - Examples

ca_restore - Global Job Options