Restoring custom application and file system data

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The IBM Storage Protect Snapshot user interface displays information about active and inactive backups. Review this information so that you can select the custom application and file system data to restore.

About this task

When you submit a restore request, all of the volumes that are contained in the original snapshot set are imported. If the number of volumes that are imported exceed the maximum number of allowable mapped volumes for the environment, the restore operation can fail.

Procedure
  1. Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
  2. In the Management window, click Protect and Recover Data > File System.
  3. On the Recover tab, select an option for viewing databases.
    In the Results pane, browse to the databases that are available to restore. The following options are available:
    Table 1. Table 1. Database restore selection options
    OptionAction
    SearchEnter a keyword in the Search field to refine and filter the list of databases.
    FilterUse the filter options to refine and filter the list of databases.
    1. Click Show Filter Options and Add Row.
    2. In the Column Name field, click the down arrow and select an item to filter.
    3. In the Operator field, select an operator.
    4. In the Value field, specify a filter value.
    5. If you want to filter on more items, click Add Row.
    6. Click Apply Filter.
    BackupsSelect the database to restore. You can click Active Backups to show only active backups, or click All Backups to show both active and inactive backups.
    RefreshClick Refresh to update the view with your changes.

    If you applied a filter, the objects on the server that match the filter or search criteria are listed on the Recover tab. The status area indicates the number of items that match the criteria n of x displayed, where n equals the number of objects that match the filter criteria, and x is the number of objects that are retrieved from the server. For example, "5 of 20 displayed." If you specify refresh options to further narrow your results, and click Refresh again, the objects on the server that match the filtered and refresh options are displayed. Each time that you click Refresh, another query is run against the IBM Storage Protect server.

  4. Verify the restore options. If the restore options are not displayed, click Show Restore Options.
    Set a value for the following options:
    FromServer
    If the backup is not displayed in the results pane, enter the name of the server where the original backup was completed. The default value is the current server.
    InstantRestore
    To use VSS Instant Restore, enter Yes. This option applies only to snapshots that are on a disk system that supports Instant Restore operations. Enter No to use VSS Fast Restore (file-level copy).
  5. Optional: Choose a mode for the current task:
    • Run Interactively: Click this item to run the current task interactively. This selection is the default.
    • Run Scheduled: Click this item to convert the current action into a scheduled task. When you select this item, the schedule wizard runs the command that is required to complete the task.
  6. In the Actions pane, complete one of the following actions to begin the restore operation.
    1. Click Restore to restore the selected volumes or mount points to their original location.
    2. Click Restore Into.
      When the backup is stored on only the IBM Storage Protect server, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot provides the Restore Into option. When the backup is stored on only the local disk, the Restore Into option is not available.

      After you select Restore Into, in the window that is displayed, specify a target location for the restore operation. The target location must be a drive letter or mount point. The size of the target location must be equal to the size of the original volume.

    3. Click Restore to Point-in-Time to specify a point in time in the past from which to restore the last version of a volume or mount point.
      When this action is selected, you are prompted to provide the following information:
      • PITDate

        Enter the date to establish a point in time to restore a specific version of your custom application or file system backup. Objects that are backed up on or before the date and time that you specify, and that are not deleted before the date and time you specify, are processed. Backup versions that you created after this date and time are ignored.

      • PITTime

        Use this option with the PITDate option to establish a point in time to restore a specific version of your custom application or file system backup. Objects that are backed up on or before the date and time that you specify, and objects that are not deleted before the date and time that you specify, are processed. Backup versions that you created after this date and time are ignored. This option is ignored if you do not specify PITDate option.

  7. To view the status of the restore operation, click Task List in the lower half of the results pane. Click Task Details to view detailed status information.