You can use the toc option with the include.fs.nas
option in your client options file to specify whether the client saves Table of Contents (TOC)
information for each file system backup.
Before you begin
The backup-archive client GUI must be connected to the
IBM
Spectrum Protect Version 8.1.2 or later server, or
V7.1.8 or later V7 server.
About this task
If you save TOC information, you can use backup-archive client GUI to examine the entire file
system tree and select files and directories to restore. Creation of a TOC requires that you define
the TOCDESTINATION attribute in the backup copy group for the management class to which this backup
image is bound. Note that TOC creation requires additional processing, network resources, storage
pool space, and possibly a mount point during the backup operation. If you do not save TOC
information, you can still restore individual files or directory trees using the RESTORE NODE server
command, provided that you know the fully qualified name of each file or directory and the image in
which that object was backed up.
To restore NAS files and directories:
Procedure
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Click Restore from the main window. The Restore window appears.
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Expand the directory tree if necessary. To expand a node in the tree, click the plus sign (+)
next to an object in the tree. Nodes shown are those that have been backed up and to which your
administrator has authority. The root node called Nodes is not selectable.
This node only appears if a NAS plug-in is present on the client workstation. NAS nodes appear on
the same level as the node of the client workstation. Only nodes to which the administrator has
authority appear.
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Expand the NAS node to display the File Level object.
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Expand the File Level object to display the volumes, directories, and
files that were last backed up. When you expand the volume object, and complete TOC information is
available on the server for the latest backup, the Load Table of Contents dialog appears. If
complete TOC information is not available for the latest backup, no objects appear below the volume
object. The next step explains how to display objects from backups other than the latest backup.
Complete TOC information is provided if you performed either of the following operations: (1) A
differential image backup with TOC information and its corresponding full image backup with TOC
information, or (2) A full image backup with TOC information.
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Click the selection boxes next to the directories or files that you want to restore.
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If you want to restore files from a NAS image that was backed up on a particular date or
display files from several older versions, highlight the volume you want to restore and click the
Point In Time button.
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If you select Use a Point in Time Date in the Point in Time Restore
windows, files from the image backed up on that date, and if it is a differential image, files from
its corresponding full image appear under the File Level object.
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If you click Use Selected Images in the Point in Time Restore window,
the Selected Images window appears for you to select images. The contents of the selected images
appear in the File Level object.
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Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. Enter the
information in the Restore Destination window. If you choose to restore to a different destination,
you can only restore one volume at a time to a different destination.
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Click Restore. The NAS Restore Task List window
displays the restore processing status and progress bar. If there is a number next to the progress
bar, it indicates the size of the restore, if known. After the restore completes, the NAS Restore
Report window displays processing details. If you must close the backup-archive client GUI session,
current NAS operations continue after you disconnect. You can use the Dismiss
button on the NAS Restore Task List window to quit monitoring processes without
ending the current operation.
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(Optional) To monitor processing of an operation, select the from the main window.
Results
Considerations:
- Workstation and remote (NAS) backups are mutually exclusive in a Restore window. After selecting
an item for restore, the next item you select must be of the same type either (either workstation or
NAS).
- To view information about objects in a NAS node, highlight the object and select from the menu.
- To delete NAS file spaces, select . You can delete both workstation and remote objects.