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Sample CATSEARCH Restore Job

This sample is based on the following assumptions:

• Full backups were taken on January 1.
• An incremental backup was taken each day from January 2 through 5, for a total of four incremental backups.
• You want to restore the 191 minidisk of a user to the state it was in on January 5.
• Catalogs are available.

To perform this CATSEARCH restore job, perform the following steps, starting at the System Administrator Main Menu:

1. Select Option 4, Manage job templates.

   CA VM:Backup displays the Manage Job Templates screen.

2. Enter the following command on the command line:

   rcreate/sales96
   

   CA VM:Backup creates a restore template and displays the first Work with Restore Template screen for that file.

3. Tab to the Using Catalogs field and type x.

   Note: Ensure that the Scanning Tapes field is blank.

4. Enter the appropriate restore criteria on the remaining screens for the job.

   In this example, the default dates that CA VM:Backup displays include the dates of the full backup and all of the incremental backups.

5. Press the PF9 key (File) to enter the changes.
6. Press the PF4 key (Return) until you exit CA VM:Backup.
7. Submit the CATSEARCH restore job by entering the following command from CMS:

   vmbackup submit sales96
   

During the restore job, CA VM:Backup performs the following tasks:

1. Reads the catalog to determine which files exist on which tapes.
2. Asks for tapes that contain data for the 191 minidisk of the user.
3. Mounts the tapes containing the full backups, followed by the tapes containing the incremental backups (oldest to most recent) to restore the data.

   Note: If you specified NEWFILE, CA VM:Backup mounts the tapes in the reverse order.

After CA VM:Backup mounts the tapes from the last incremental backup and restores the data, the job ends. The 191 minidisk of the user is restored to the state it was in on January 5. CA VM:Backup sends you the CA VM:Backup restore job detail report and a message that the job completed successfully.