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Expert User Main Menu and Options

This section displays the Expert User Main Menu and summarizes the options it offers. The following is a sample screen of the Expert User Main Menu.

   UMENEBC1    Expert User Main Menu                       VM:Backup     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------    Type the number of your selection and press ENTER.        Restore CMS/SFS files for userid          1 Select minidisks or directories from which to restore.          2 Select files to restore by date range or file name.        Restore BFS files from file space _________________ for userid ________          3 Select directories from which to restore files.          4 Select files to restore by date range or file name.        Communicate with VM:Backup          5 Review your restore requests.          6 Respond to VM:Backup ( 0 messages waiting).          7 Set your VM:Backup expertise level.  Copyright (c) yyyy CA. All rights Reserved.    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------    PF: 1 Help       2 ...       3 End       4 Return       5 ...       6 ...     PF: 7 ...        8 ...       9 ...      10 ...         11 Print    12 Cursor     ===> 

The following table summarizes each option available through the Expert Main Menu. To select an option, enter the option number on the command line.

Expert User Main Menu Options

Function

Option

Use To

Restore CMS or SFS files

1

Select minidisks or directories from which to restore

Restore CMS or SFS files backed up from any of your minidisks or SFS directories, or restore an entire minidisk or SFS directory.

 

2

Select files to restore by date range or file name

Restore CMS or SFS data that meets specified selection criteria; for example, restore files with similar names or files backed up during a specific time period.

Restore BFS files

3

Select directories from which to restore files

Restore BFS files backed up from any BFS directories in the specified BFS file space.

 

4

Select files to restore by date range or file name

Restore BFS data that meets specified selection criteria; for example, restore files with similar names or files backed up during a specific time period.

Communicate with VM:Backup

5

Review your restore requests

View the status of your restore request or cancel a restore request before VM:Backup starts processing it.

 

6

Respond to VM:Backup

Reply to requests sent by VM:Backup to your user ID; for example, respond to a request to detach a minidisk.

 

7

Set your VM:Backup expertise level

Select your level of expertise (NOVICE or EXPERT) for restore functions.

For more information about using the main menu options, see the following chapters:

Options 1 and 2

Expert Restores (CMS Files, Minidisks, and SFS Directories)

Options 3 and 4

Expert Restores (BFS Files)

Options 5 and 6

Communicating With CA VM:Backup