Fromnode
The fromnode option permits one node to perform commands for another node. A user on another node must use the set access command to permit you to query, restore, or retrieve files for the other node.
Use the fromnode option with the following commands:
- query archive
- query backup
- query filespace
query group
query image- query mgmtclass
- restore
- restore group
- restore image
- retrieve
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients.
Parameters
- node
- Specifies the node name on a workstation or a file server whose backup copies or archived files you want to access.
Examples
- Command line:
- dsmc query archive
-fromnode=bob -subdir=yes "/Users/van/Documents/*"
- Command line:
- dsmc query archive -fromnode=bob -subdir=yes "/home/jones/*"
- Command line:
- dsmc
query archive -fromnode=bob -subdir=yes d:\
Note: The backup-archive client can use file space information when
restoring files. The file space information can contain the name of the computer from which the
files were backed up. If you restore from another backup-archive client node and do not specify a
destination for the restored files, the client uses the file space information to restore the files.
In such a case, the client attempts to restore the files to the file system on the original
computer. If the restoring computer has access to the file system of the original computer, you can
restore files to the original file system. If the restoring computer can not access the file system
of the original computer, the client can return a network error message. If you want to restore the
original directory structure but on a different computer, specify only the target file system when
you restore. This is true when restoring files from another node and when retrieving files from
another node.