IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows, Version 4.1

Restore command

Use the restore command to restore a database backup from local shadow volumes managed by Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager to an Exchange Server.

To complete a Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Exchange restore, you must have local registry rights for all versions of the Exchange Server.

When you use the restore command, remember the following points:

When you restore inactive backups or active incremental backups, use the /object parameter to specify the name of the backup object to restore. This object name uniquely identifies the backup instance that is managed byTivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager storage. You can issue a tdpexcc query fcm * /all command to obtain a list of all the active and inactive backup objects.
If the tdpexcc restore dbname incr command is entered (without the /object parameter) to restore multiple active incremental backups, all multiple active incremental backups are restored sequentially. The /object parameter is used to restore only one incremental backup at a time.
Use the /eraseexistinglogs parameter to direct the program to erase the existing transaction log files for the database before it restores the database. If you do not specify this option, existing transaction logs are not erased, and might be reapplied when the Exchange databases are mounted. This parameter is only valid when you restore a FULL or COPY VSS backup of Exchange Server databases.
Specify /mountdatabases=yes if you are restoring the last backup and you want the database or databases to be automatically mounted after the recovery completes. Only transaction logs that are contained in the backup is applied to the mailbox database when you run a recovery database restore. You must specify /recover=applyrestoredlogs when you restore a mailbox database to a recovery database. Otherwise, the restore operation might fail.

The graphical user interface provides an easy-to-use, flexible interface to help you run a restore operation. The interface presents information in a way that allows multiple selection and, in some cases, automatic operation.

Microsoft Exchange Server considers the wildcard character (*) to be an invalid character when used in database names. Databases that contain the wildcard character (*) in their name are not backed up.

Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Exchange supports the following types of restore:

Full: Restore a full type backup.
Copy: Restore a copy type backup.
Incremental: Restore an incremental type backup.
Differential: Restore a differential type backup.

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