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Restoring the Latest Versions of Files

Option 1, Select files backed up from your 191 minidisks since mm/dd/yy, on the Novice User Main Menu allows you to restore the most recently backed-up version of files from your 191 minidisk.

The date mm/dd/yy in this option lets you specify the restore search period. When you display this menu, the mm/dd/yy field contains the default search period. CA VM:Backup calculates mm/dd/yy by subtracting the default restore selection period from the current date. The default restore selection period is a number of days set by your CA VM:Backup system administrator. CA VM:Backup searches for all files backed up on or since the specified date, up to and including the current date.

To restore the latest versions of certain files, follow these steps:

1. Accept the date shown in Option 1 or, if the files you want to restore were on your minidisk but were deleted before this date, change the displayed date to an earlier date when you know that the files existed.
2. Enter 1 on the command line to select Option 1, which displays the Select Files Backed Up Since mm/dd/yy screen (hereinafter called the File Selection Screen). This screen displays the restore selection list, which in this case is a list of the most recently backed-up versions of your files.

   SFMRNBC1             Select Files Backed Up Since 01/20/yy            VM:Backup
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Type R next to each file you want to restore. Then press PF9. Files will be 
   returned to your reader.
   
      Req  Filename   Filetype  Vaddr  Last Revised    Records  Backup Date/Time Att
           *** NO DETAIL **     0191      N/A            N/A    01/27/15  15:42
           ALL        NOTEBOOK  0191   03/08/12  13:32     1481 01/27/15  15:42
           CULJI01    NETLOG    0191   12/12/13  15:19      126 01/27/15  15:42
           PROFILE    EXEC      0191   06/26/12  11:49       68 01/27/15  15:42
           SPOO       LIST      0191   06/11/12  14:16       23 01/27/15  15:42
           SPOOL      LIST      0191   05/21/12  15:44        3 01/27/15  15:42
           SUMMARY    DAYS      0191   05/21/12  15:44       87 01/27/15  15:42
           SUMMARY    LISTING   0191   08/06/14  09:20      180 01/27/15  15:42
           TEST       TEXT      0191   07/11/12  09:56      100 01/27/15  15:42
           TESTFILE   TEXT      0191   07/11/12  09:56      181 01/27/15  15:42
   
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      PF: 1  Help     2  ...      3  End      4  Stype       5  Sdate    6  Sname
      PF: 7  Backward 8  Forward  9  Submit  10  Select All 11  Print   12  Cursor
      ===> 
   
   

   Note: The CA VM:Backup system administrator sets the maximum number of files that CA VM:Backup can display on this screen. If your restore request produces a list that exceeds this number, CA VM:Backup asks you to use Option 2 instead of Option 1, and to limit the search by specifying narrower selection criteria.

3. Select the files you want to restore from the restore selection list.

More information:

Selecting Files to Restore