Restoring CMS Files by Date, Name, or Both

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Restoring CMS Files by Date, Name, or Both

Option 2, Select files to restore by date range or file name, on the Expert User Main Menu lets you specify selection criteria to list files backed up from any of your minidisks or directories. When you use this option, you can limit the number of files in the restore selection list by date range, file name, or both.

To specify files to restore, follow these steps:

Enter 2 on the command line to select Option 2. CA VM:Backup displays the Select Files by Date Range or File Name screen as shown in the following screen.

SDRFEBC1 Select Files by Date Range or File Name VM:Backup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type the information requested below, or accept the defaults. Then press ENTER. Type the date range within which the files were backed up: DATE RANGE (mm/dd/yy): 01/20/yy to 04/27/yy Select from a specific file or group of files. Use pattern matching for files with similar names. FILENAME: all_____ FILETYPE: notebook Should VM:Backup display only the latest version of each file? YES Should VM:Backup search specific minidisks and directories? YES If NO, files from all minidisks and directories will be displayed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PF: 1 Help 2 ... 3 End 4 Return 5 ... 6 ... PF: 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 ... 11 Print 12 Cursor ===>

When you first display this screen, the DATE RANGE field contains the default search period. The first date (from date) is calculated 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 lists them 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 or every version of the files that meet the criteria specified in the DATE RANGE, FILENAME, and FILETYPE fields.
Accept the default (YES) if you want to display only the most recent versions; enter no if you want to list all versions.
The question Should VM:Backup search specific minidisks and directories? lets you specify whether CA VM:Backup should list files from selected minidisks and directories or all your minidisks and directories.
Accept the default (YES) if you to display files that were backed up from minidisks and directories you select; enter no if you want to display files backed up from all your minidisks and directories.
When you have finished specifying selection criteria, press ENTER. If you responded yes to the last question, proceed to Selecting Minidisks and Directories below. If you responded no to the last question, proceed to Selecting CMS 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 restore selection list that exceeds this number, CA VM:Backup asks you to limit the list by specifying narrower selection criteria.