Restore active or inactive backups

Your administrator determines how many backup versions IBM® Storage Protect maintains for each file on your workstation.

Having multiple versions of a file permits you to restore older versions if the most recent backup is damaged. The most recent backup version is the active version. Any other backup version is an inactive version.

Every time IBM Storage Protect backs up your files, it marks the new backup version as the active backup, and the last active backup becomes an inactive backup. When the maximum number of inactive versions is reached, IBM Storage Protect deletes the oldest inactive version.

To restore a backup version that is inactive, you must display both active and inactive versions by clicking on the View menu → Display active/inactive files item. To display only the active versions (the default), click on the View menu → Display active files only item. If you try to restore more than one version at a time, only the active version is restored.

On the IBM Storage Protect command line, use the inactive option to display both active and inactive objects.