STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)

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Using Backup Media to Recover from a System Failure

Restoring Files from Full Backup Tapes

If your most recent backups are from a partial backup, you need to reload your remaining

ﬁles from your most recent full backup.

To restore system and user ﬁles from your most recent full backups:

1. Gather all the backup media from your most recent full backup.

2. Mount the backup(s) on the backup devices and bring the devices online.

3. Issue the following FILE and RESTORE commands to copy the ﬁles from the backup

device. The SHOW=OFFLINE option, if used, lists the ﬁles you restored on the system

printer.

:FILE T;DEV=TAPE

:RESTORE *T;@.@.@;SHOW=OFFLINE;KEEP;OLDDATE

4. Monitor the console for tape requests.

5. Mount additional backup media when necessary until you have copied all ﬁles from all

backups.