Restarting the restore command
Description
Restart the restore command if data recovery is interrupted for reasons such as a power outage or a Ctrl-C inadvertently entered by someone on the filer console. When you restart the restore command, the filer restarts data recovery from the last tape file that was successfully used for restoring data. You do not have to start the command from the beginning of the backup.
Restrictions
The restore command has the following restrictions:
- You can restart a restore command only if the backup consists of multiple tape files. If the backup contains only one tape file, simply reenter the restore command to start the recovery from the beginning of the backup.
- You can restart a restore command only if the command is for a full restore. If the restore command is for extracting an individual file or subtree from a backup (that is, if you use the x function key), you cannot restart the command.
Steps
Enter the same restore command as the one that was interrupted with the following changes:
- Replace the r function key with the R function key to indicate that you want to restart the restore command.
- Use the appropriate tape file name for the f function key. The tape file should be the one used by the original restore command when it was interrupted.
Example
In this example, the following restore command was entered on the filer console for performing a full restore from three tape files in a tape stacker:
restore rfD urst0a,urst0a,rst0a /vol/vol0
When the restore command is recovering data from the second tape file, it is interrupted by a Ctrl-C entered on the filer console. Because the second tape file is on an unload/reload device, the filer closes the file and ejects the tape when the restore command is interrupted.
To restart the restore command, reload the second tape file and enter the following command.
restore RfD urst0a,rst0a /vol/vol0
The restore command restarts data recovery from the beginning of the second tape file of the backup.
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