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Procedure

  1. Enter vmbrits.
  2. VMBRITS asks you to specify:
    1. User ID and virtual address of the minidisk you want to restore
    2. Virtual address of a target minidisk to which you want to restore
    3. MATCHTAG tag option

      You must have read/write access to the minidisk. VMBRITS copies the minidisk block by block; therefore, the target minidisk must have the same blocksize as the original minidisk. You cannot use VMBRITS to restore to a virtual reader.

      The MATCHTAG option tells VMBRITS to search for a domain on the tape that has the tag, tag, associated with it. VMBRITS will only restore from a domain if tag matches exactly. If you do not specify the MATCHTAG option, VMBRITS searches for a domain on the tape that does not have a tag associated with it.

      Note: Only an authorized client, such as CA VM:Archiver, can request that CA VM:Backup associate a tag with a domain.

  3. VMBRITS asks you to enter the names of the files you want to restore:
    1. Type specific filenames and filetypes or use pattern matching to restore files with similar names. You can specify more than one filename and filetype on the same command line.
    2. To restore the entire minidisk, enter * *. After specifying everything you want to restore from that user ID and minidisk, press ENTER without typing anything on the command line.
  4. VMBRITS asks you to type the user ID and virtual address of the next minidisk to restore, the virtual address of a target minidisk, and any options (MATCHTAG tag). To restore additional data, type the requested information. If there is nothing else to restore, press ENTER.
  5. When you press ENTER after specifying the final minidisk, VMBRITS asks you to mount the tape containing the data to restore. Mount the tape on the tape drive defined at virtual address 181 and press ENTER again. VMBRITS starts scanning the tape for all of the requested data.

If VMBRITS locates one of the specified minidisks, it restores the files accordingly. No messages are issued if a minidisk is not located; you must check the job report to see which minidisks and files were located and restored.