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Restoring Entire DASD Volumes

This section explains how to restore an entire DASD volume.

Important! If you restore a full DASD volume that contains SFS minidisks, you may damage the integrity of the SFS system. Because CA VM:Backup cannot determine whether a particular user ID or minidisk is part of an SFS storage group, it is your responsibility to ensure that the data being restored does not contain any portion of an SFS minidisk. You should create an exclusion file to exclude file pool server minidisks (control, work, log, and user storage group minidisks) from the restore job.

Define a restore job template file to restore a full pack. FULLPACK TEMPDIST, located on the CA VM:Backup 192 minidisk, is a sample restore job template file that restores an entire pack. This file was included on the distribution tape. To use FULLPACK TEMPDIST, copy the file to the CA VM:Backup A-disk, rename it FULLPACK TEMPLATE, access it through the Work with Restore Template screen, and make the following entries:

• Work with Restore Template screen 1:
  1. Modify the comment in the Descriptive Comment field to suit your restore job.
  2. Accept the default time period in the To Limit Restore, Specify Search Range field or edit the time period to include the backups from which you want CA VM:Backup to restore.
• Work with Restore Template screen 2:
  1. Under If Restoring Data to Original Minidisk, select No for Wait for Users to Detach Disks.
  2. If you want to format the minidisks on the volume, select the option you want under If Formatting. If you select the Format Only if Files to Restore option or if you do not want to format all the minidisks on the volume, select the option you want under If Not Formatting.
• Work with Restore Template screen 3:
  • For source DASD volumes, enter the DASD volsers under Select Guidelines; the sample shows VMPK01.

When you have finished making these entries, restore the data using either of the following two methods. The second method is less disruptive for users whose minidisks are being restored.