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How the restore command works

The restore process  Top

The process in the following table shows how the restore command works.

Stage

Action

1

Data ONTAP catalogs the files that need to be extracted from the tape.

2

Data ONTAP creates directories and empty files.

3

Data ONTAP reads a file from tape, writes it to disk, and sets the permissions-including ACLs-on it.

4

Data ONTAP repeats steps 2 and 3 until all the specified files are copied from the tape.

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