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Default Restore Time Period

For end-user restore requests, several screens specify default time periods for CA VM:Backup to use when listing data. Examples of some screens are:

• The Novice User Main Menu, which displays a default date that is n days before the current day.
• The Expert User Main Menu, which allows a user to list minidisks or directories that were backed up during the n days before the current day.
• The Select Files by Date Range or Filename screen, which shows the start and end dates of a default time period that is n days long.

You can specify the value n that is used on each of these screens. On the Define Job Processing Options screen, enter a response to the following statement:

Default restore selection period (in days):

You can enter either a number of days from 1 through 5000 or an asterisk. An asterisk indicates that CA VM:Backup is to search from the earliest catalog through the most recent backup.

Important! Make sure the value that you enter results in a default time period that includes the entire backup cycle, including the last full backup. For file restores, CA VM:Backup lists only data that was backed up within the specified time period.

When an end user requests CA VM:Backup to display a list of files available to restore, CA VM:Backup cannot display the list if the number of files available to restore exceeds the value on the MAXFILES configuration file record. To reduce the possibility of reaching this limit, specify a short default time period on the Define Job Processing Options screen.

Notes:

• For information about updating the VMBACKUP CONFIG file to configure the default time period option, see the "LISTPD Record" section in the System Programmer Reference Guide.
• For information regarding the MAXFILES configuration record, see the "MAXFILES Record" section in the System Programmer Reference Guide.