Restorefiles command

To restore the flat files from a specified Data Protection for Exchange Server backup into a specified directory, use the restorefiles command.

When working with the restorefiles command, follow these guidelines:

This command does not require an Exchange Server to be installed on, or accessible from the system where the restorefiles command is run.
Files can be restored to an alternative system or to an alternative directory on the same system as the Exchange Server.
The command continues until it succeeds, or until the destination volume does not contain enough space for the operation.
When you restore files from an inactive backup or an active incremental backup, use the /object parameter to specify the name of the backup object. The object name uniquely identifies the backup instance in IBM Spectrum Protect™ server storage. A list of backup object names is obtained by issuing the query tsm command.
This command is only available on the command-line interface. It is not available in the Data Protection for Exchange Server graphical user interface.
The restorefiles command overwrites files that exist and have the same name.
If a log file from an incremental backup has the same name as the log file from the full backup operation, you can run two consecutive restorefiles commands to the same directory:
For a full backup, enter the following command:
```
tdpexcc restorefiles DB1 FULL /into=d:\temprestore
```
For an incremental restore with backed up log files, enter the following command:
```
tdpexcc restorefiles DB1 INCR /into=d:\temprestore
```
The /into parameter can be a directory on any mounted local disk. It is not possible to use a mapped network drive as a restore destination.
When you use the restorefiles command to restore local VSS backups, the command must be issued from the system on which the snapshot was created.