Restore Jobs

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Restore Jobs

This section provides an overview of the following information:

The types of restore jobs CA VM:Backup can run
Who can define each type of job
The methods to use to restore jobs.

For more detail on restore jobs, see Restoring Data.

CA VM:Backup restore jobs can restore the following entities:

DASD volumes, minidisks, and files
File pools, user storage groups, SFS file spaces, directories, files, aliases, and authorizations, and the BFS file spaces, directories, files, permissions, and ownerships

Restore jobs can restore data to virtual readers, minidisks, the file spaces, or directories.

CA VM:Backup can run the following types of restore jobs:

CATSEARCH

These restore jobs search backup catalogs that are created during a specified time period for information about domains to restore. The jobs mount only the tapes that contain the domain to restore. CA VM:Backup then restores the requested data that was backed up during the specified time period. Tapes are mounted only once, even when file-level detail is not available in the catalog.

VOLSEARCH

These restore jobs mount backup tapes that are created during a specified time period and search them for domains to restore. If a backup took place on a requested domain during the specified time period, CA VM:Backup restores the domain. VOLSEARCH restore jobs are used when catalogs are not available. One tape from each backup job could require two mountings:

Once to obtain information about proper tape sequence
A second time in sequence to restore the data.

Other tapes in the backup job are mounted only once.

VOLSER

These restore jobs list the volser of the tape on which the minidisk, directory, file space, or abstract domain to restore begins. CA VM:Backup mounts only the specified tapes unless the requested data spans tapes.

Different users can restore different types of data using different methods through CA VM:Backup, as follows:

User	Can submit or define	Data restoration
CA VM:Backup administrator	Define and submit	DASD volume or minidisk restoration
		Restoration of files, tracks, or blocks from specified minidisks
		SFS and BFS data restoration
CA VM:Backup user	Submit	Requests to restore specific files, minidisks, and SFS directories
CA VM:Archiver	Define and submit	Restoration of data backed up at the request of CA VM:Archiver

More information:

TPI Restore Types