Using the restore command

Specifying a single tape file on a multifile tape

About multifile tapes

You can have more than one tape file on a tape. Tape files do not have names. You can restore a single tape file on a tape that contains more than one tape file only by moving the tape to the beginning of the file.

Specifying the file

To specify a single tape file to be restored from a multifile tape, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Use the `f` option in the `restore` command line.
2	Use the same tape compression type as an argument to the `f` option that you used in the backup.
3	Use the `s` option in the `restore` command line to select the appropriate backup.
4	Include the relative position of the tape file that you are restoring in the command line as an argument to the `s` option. Note Count the relative position from the current tape position. It might be best to rewind the tape and start from the beginning of the tape.

Example

The tape has been rewound, and the following command restores the third tape file from the beginning of the tape, then rewinds the tape: