Inactive

Use the inactive option to display both active and inactive objects.

You can use the inactive option with the following commands:

  • delete group
  • Windows operating systemsquery asr
  • query backup
  • Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsquery group
  • Windows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsquery image
  • Mac OS X operating systemsWindows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsquery nas
  • Windows operating systemsquery systemstate
  • Windows operating systemsquery vm (vmbackuptype=fullvm and vmbackuptype=hypervfull)
  • restore
  • Mac OS X operating systemsWindows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsrestore group
  • Windows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsrestore image
  • Mac OS X operating systemsWindows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsrestore nas
  • Windows operating systemsrestore vm (vmbackuptype=fullvm and vmbackuptype=hypervfull)
Mac OS X operating systemsWindows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsImportant: When using the inactive option during a restore operation, also use the pick or some other filtering option because, unlike the latest option, all versions are restored in an indeterminate order. This option is implicit when pitdate is used.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients. The IBM Spectrum Protect API does not support this option.

Syntax

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Parameters

There are no parameters for this option.

Examples

Mac OS X operating systemsCommand line:
Mac OS X operating systemsdsmc restore "/Users/zoe/Documents/*" -inactive -pick
Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsCommand line:
Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsdsmc restore "/home/zoe/*" -inactive -pick
Windows operating systemsCommand line:
Windows operating systemsdsmc restore -inactive c:\id\projecta\ -pick