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Restoring File Spaces in a File Pool or User Storage Group

To indicate which BFS and SFS file spaces CA VM:Backup is to restore, select All or Skip in response to the following question on the Restore a User Storage Group screen:

Restore all file spaces or skip those for existing userids?

All

This option tells CA VM:Backup to restore all file spaces whether or not they exist in the target user storage group. CA VM:Backup enrolls, deletes, or replaces file spaces during the restore. This option is the default.

• If a file space exists in the backed-up file pool but not in the target file pool, CA VM:Backup enrolls the file space in the target file pool using the backup enrollment information.
• If a file space exists in the target file pool but not in the backed-up file pool, CA VM:Backup leaves the file space untouched in the target file pool.
• If a file space exists in both the target and backed-up file pools, CA VM:Backup replaces the file space in the target file pool with the file space from the backed-up file pool but does not modify the enrollment information.

Skip

This option tells CA VM:Backup to restore only file spaces that exist in the backup version and not in the target user storage group. CA VM:Backup creates file spaces for the file spaces that were backed up and no longer exist. However, the product does not replace or erase existing file spaces during the restore. All file spaces that already exist remain untouched.

• If a file space exists in the backed-up file pool but not in the target file pool, CA VM:Backup enrolls the file space in the target file pool using the backed-up enrollment information.
• If a file space exists in the target file pool but not in the backed-up file pool, CA VM:Backup leaves the file space in the target file pool untouched.
• If a file space exists in both the target and backed-up file pool, CA VM:Backup leaves the file space in the target file pool untouched.

Note: If you want to remove file spaces that exist in the target but not in the backup; that is, you want the restored user storage group to look just like the backed-up version, you must manually clear the user storage group before running the restore.