Restoring Files by Date, Name, or Both

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Restoring Files by Date, Name, or Both

Option 2, Select files by date range or file name, on the Novice User Main Menu lets you restore:

A specific file
A group of files
Versions of backed-up files other than the latest

When you use this option, you can limit the number of files in the restore selection list by date range, file name, or both. You specify the selection criteria for the restore selection list. CA VM:Backup automatically searches the files backed up from your 191 minidisk for files that meet your requirements.

To specify files to restore, follow these steps:

Enter 2 on the command line to select Option 2, which displays the Select Files by Date Range or File Name screen as shown in the following sample screen.

SDRFNBC1 Select Files by Date Range or File Name VM:Backup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the information requested below, or accept the defaults. Then press ENTER. VM:Backup will select files backed up from your 191 minidisk. Type the date range within which the files were backed up: DATE RANGE (mm/dd/yy): 01/20/yy to 02/03/yy Select from a specific file or group of files. Use pattern matching for files with similar names. FILENAME: ________ FILETYPE: ________ Should VM:Backup display only the latest version of each file? YES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PF: 1 Help 2 ... 3 End 4 Return 5 ... 6 ... PF: 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 ... 11 Print 12 Cursor ===>

Select Files by Date Range or File Name Screen (Novice)

When you first display this screen, the DATE RANGE field contains the default search period. CA VM:Backup calculates the first date (from date) by subtracting the default restore selection period from the current date. The default restore selection period is a particular number of days set by your CA VM:Backup system administrator. The second date (to date) is the current date. CA VM:Backup searches for all files backed up on or since the specified from date, up to and including the specified to date.
Accept the default search period or type from and to dates over the displayed defaults. Use Gregorian (mm/dd/yy) format for the dates. You can type one or two digits for mm and dd. When typing yy, use 42 through 99 for the years 1942 through 1999; use 00 through 41 for the years 2000 through 2041. For example, to specify February 14, 2015, type 02/14/15.

If you are not sure how far back you need to go to find the correct version of your file, type a date that you know occurred before your file was created, back to the year 1942.
In the FILENAME and FILETYPE fields, type the filename and filetype of a specific file to restore, use pattern matching in either or both fields to specify multiple files with similar filenames or filetypes, or leave both fields blank to specify all of your files. When you specify multiple files, CA VM:Backup creates a restore selection list on the file selection screen; you can then select the files you want to restore.
The question Should VM:Backup display only the latest version of each file? lets you specify whether CA VM:Backup should list only the most recent version (YES) or every version (NO) of the files that meet the criteria specified in the DATE RANGE, FILENAME, and FILETYPE fields.
Accept the default (YES) or enter no in response to the question.
When you have finished specifying selection criteria, press ENTER. CA VM:Backup lists the files that meet your date and name requirements on the file selection screen.
Select the files you want to restore from the restore selection list. For an explanation of how to select files, see Selecting Files to Restore.
Note: The CA VM:Backup system administrator sets the maximum number of files that CA VM:Backup can display on the file selection screen. If your restore request produces a list that exceeds this number, CA VM:Backup asks you to limit the search by specifying narrower selection criteria.