Restoring data from a retention set

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You can restore data from retention sets by using a point-in-time restore operation. With this operation, you restore data that was active on the server at the time when the retention set was created on the backup-archive client or the IBM® Storage Protect for Virtual Environments client.

Before you begin

Before you restore data from a retention set, ensure that the server to which you want to restore the files is online.

Restriction: You can restore only one set of the files for a specific node even though the same files might be stored in more than one retention set at a specific point in time.

About this task

You can run a point-in-time restore operation from the backup-archive client command line or by using the client GUI.

To start a point-in-time restore operation by using the client GUI, follow the instructions in Restoring data to a point in time.

Procedure

To restore data from a retention set by using the command-line client, complete the following steps:

  1. Determine the point in time from which to restore data. On the server command line, issue the QUERY RETSET command. For example, if the retention set ID is 42, issue the following command: 
    query retset 42 
    
              Retention Set ID: 42
           Retention Rule Name: XMP1
            Point-In-Time Date: 01/07/2019 05:00:00 PM
              Retention Period: 60
               Expiration Date: 03/08/2019 05:00:00 PM
           Retention Set State: Active
         Total File Sizes (MB): 180
Last Update by (administrator): SERVER_CONSOLE
         Last Update Date/Time: 01/07/2019 05:00:12 PM
                   Description: Example 1: weekly retention rule runs on Monday
                                 at 5:00pm
        Retention Set Contents: GRASSHOPPER:/home GRASSHOPPER:/home/hannigan/b-
                                 uild CRICKET:/home/hannigan/build FLEA:\\flea-
                                 \c$
  2. To list the contents of the retention set, on the backup-archive client command line, issue the query backup command. Specify the pitdate and pittime options with the date and time of the retention set's snapshot. For example: 
    query backup {/home/hannigan/build}/* -su=y -pitdate=01/07/2019 -pittime=17:00:00
  3. Restore the contents of the retention set. On the client command line, issue the restore command. Specify the pitdate and pittime options with the date and time of the retention set's snapshot. For example: 
    restore {/home/hannigan/build}/* -su=y -pitdate=01/07/2019 -pittime=17:00:00

Results

The data is restored to the server.