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
  • Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating
systemsquery group
  • Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsquery image
  • Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating
systemsquery nas
  • Windows operating systemsquery systemstate
  • Windows operating systemsquery vm (vmbackuptype=fullvm and vmbackuptype=hypervfull)
  • restore
  • Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating
systemsrestore group
  • Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsrestore image
  • Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating
systemsrestore nas
  • Windows operating systemsrestore vm (vmbackuptype=fullvm and vmbackuptype=hypervfull)
Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X 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® Storage 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
Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating
systemsCommand line:
Linux operating systemsOracle Solaris operating
systemsAIX operating systemsMac OS X operating
systemsdsmc restore "/home/zoe/*" -inactive -pick
Windows operating systemsCommand line:
Windows operating systemsdsmc restore -inactive c:\id\projecta\ -pick