Restoring BFS Files by Date, Name, or Both

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Restoring BFS Files by Date, Name, or Both

Option 4, 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 the BFS directories in the indicated BFS file space. When you use this option, you can limit the number of BFS files in the restore selection list by date range, file name component, or both.

Note: In the examples and screens, BFSSERV:SALES represents the BFS file space and USER01 represents the expert user ID, which is also the owner of the files in the BFS file space.

To specify files to restore, follow these steps:

Type the name of the BFS file space from which you want to restore files on the following line on the Expert User Main Menu.
```
Restore BFS files from file space _BFSSERV:SALES_ for userid USER01
```

Enter 4 on the command line to select Option 4. CA VM:Backup displays the Select Files by Date Range or File Name screen as shown in the following screen:

BFSXEBC1 Select Files by Date Range or File Name VM:Backup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type restore information for BFS file space ___________ or accept the defaults, then press PF9. Type the date range within which the files were backed up: Date range (mm/dd/yy): 01/20/yy to 02/03/yy Type a file name; use pattern matching for multiple files with similar names: *___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Should VM:Backup display only the latest version of each file? YES Should VM:Backup search specific directories? YES If NO, files from all directories will be displayed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PF: 1 Help 2 ... 3 End 4 Return 5 ... 6 ... PF: 7 ... 8 ... 9 Submit 10 ... 11 Print 12 Cursor ===>

Select Files by Date Range or File Name Screen (Expert BFS)

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 defaults or type dates over them using the Gregorian date format (mm/dd/yy) . 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.
To specify the files you want to restore, do one of the following:
- All your BFS files
  Accept the default, *
- A specific BFS file
  Type the file name component of the file
- Multiple BFS files with similar names
  Use pattern matching when typing the file name component. For more information, see Pattern Matching and BFS File Name Components.
When you accept the default or use pattern matching to specify multiple files, CA VM:Backup lists files backed up in the specified date range on the file selection screen; you can then select the files you want to restore.
Accept the default (YES) or enter no in response to the question:
Should CA VM:Backup display only the latest version of each file?

If you respond yes to this question, CA VM:Backup displays information about only the most recently backed-up versions of files. If you respond no, CA VM:Backup displays information about every version of the files that were backed up during the specified time period.
Accept the default (YES) or enter no in response to the question:
Should VM:Backup search specific directories?

If you respond yes, CA VM:Backup displays the Select Directories from Which to Restore Files screen; use this screen to select the directories you want to restore files from. If you respond no, CA VM:Backup displays the file selection screen listing files backed up from all your directories.
When you have finished specifying selection criteria, press ENTER. If you responded yes to the last question, proceed to next section, Selecting Directories. If you responded no to the last question, proceed to Selecting BFS 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.