Pitdate

Use the pitdate option with the pittime option to establish a point in time to display or restore the latest version of your backups.

Files that were backed up on or before the date and time you specify, and which were not deleted before the date and time you specify, are processed. Backup versions that you create after this date and time are ignored.

Use the pitdate option with the following commands:

delete backup
query asr
query backup
query group
query image
query nas
query systemstate
query vm (vmbackuptype=fullvm and vmbackuptype=hypervfull)
restore
restore group
restore image
restore nas
restore vm (vmbackuptype=fullvm and vmbackuptype=hypervfull)

When pitdate is used, the inactive and latest options are implicit.

Supported Clients

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

Syntax

Parameters

date: Specifies the appropriate date. Enter the date in the format you selected with the dateformat option.
When you include dateformat with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.

Examples

Command line:: dsmc restore "/Volumes/proj4/myproj/*" -sub=y -pitdate=08/01/2003 -pittime=06:00:00
Command line:: dsmc restore "/fs1/*" -sub=y -pitdate=08/01/2003 -pittime=06:00:00
Command line:: dsmc restore -pitdate=08/01/2003 c:\myfiles\