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After Your Files Are Restored

Depending on the options specified by the CA VM:Backup system administrator, CA VM:Backup either executes your requests immediately or holds them until an operator releases them for processing. CA VM:Backup also puts your request on hold if certain errors occur while processing the request. To see whether your requests are on hold, select Option 3, Review your restore requests, from the main menu.

CA VM:Backup sends you a message when your restore request is completed. Regardless of where CA VM:Backup restores your data (to a virtual reader or to one of your minidisks or directories), CA VM:Backup also sends a file called RESTORE VMBACKUP to your virtual reader. The RESTORE VMBACKUP file is a report on how CA VM:Backup handled data in your restore request.

If any data was not restored, read the RESTORE VMBACKUP file to determine why CA VM:Backup did not restore the requested data. Also, ensure that either the date range you accepted or the date range you specified on the Select Files by Date Range or File Name screen included all of the days from which you wanted to restore data. CA VM:Backup restores only data that was backed up within the specified time period. If necessary, modify the time period and resubmit the request.

In certain circumstances, you will find that CA VM:Backup restored duplicate versions of your files to your virtual reader, even though you did not ask for them. This is not an error; it may have occurred because the restore job was interrupted and then restarted. Restore any version of the file and discard the rest.