Locate your files and restore them to a preferred location.
Before you begin
Ensure that you are logged in to the
Tivoli® Storage
Manager file restore interface. A backup must exist before you can restore your files.
About this task
Only those files and directories for which you have permission to view on the operating
system are
visible.
Procedure
- Select a backup by completing the following steps:
- Click a date in the calendar.
- If necessary, select a time in the Available backups field.
- Click Choose backup.
The virtual machine disks or directories are displayed in the
table.
- Optional: If the default backup is not the one you want, select a different backup by completing the
following steps:
- Click the calendar.
- Click a date in the calendar.
- If necessary, select a time.
- Click Change backup.
Restriction: If you change the backup date or time, any file selections that you made
are lost. However, the new backup loads to the directory where you previously explored. If that
directory is unavailable, the backup loads to the top directory.
The virtual machine disks or directories are displayed in the
table.
- To select files to restore, complete the following steps:
- Click a disk or directory in the table to view the subdirectories and files.
- Optional: To search for a file in the current directory and subdirectories, type a name in the
Search field and press Enter. Results are displayed in
the order they are found.
- Select one or more files and directories to restore.
- Select where to restore files.
- To restore files and directories to the original location, select .
- To restore files and directories to a different location, select .
- After you make your selections, click Restore. If you are restoring files to an alternative directory, select an existing directory on your
virtual machine or create a directory to place restored files. Then, click
Restore. If a file with the same name exists, the restored file's original modification date and time
is added to the file name. Subsequent restores of the same file contain a number
(_N) after the original modification date and time. For example: t2.2015-03-07-07-28-03_1.txt
What to do next
Click the restore icon ( ) to view information about active and recent restores. By default, information is kept for
7 days after a restore completes.
If a restore completed with an error or warning, view additional information by clicking
Details. To save the error or warning information, click
Export and save the information in .CSV
format.