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

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Restoring Files
Restoring from Labeled Tapes
Restoring from Labeled Tapes
Restoring files from labeled tapes requires that the RESTORE command include a RESTORE
file reference that was named previously in a file equation. For example:
:FILE TAPE7=BACKUP.JAN29;DEV=TAPE;LABEL="VOL25",ANS,02/28/90
To recover all files in the volume set, you would then enter the following RESTORE
command.
:RESTORE *TAPE7;@.@.@; restoreoptions
The system then requests that you mount the first volume of the volume set. For example:
?23:20/#S1/49/Mount tape of volumeset VOL25 (ANS)
After you mount the volume and it is recognized by the system, RESTORE continues. If the
tape mounted is the first volume of the set, file recovery begins automatically. If the tape
mounted is not the first volume of the set, you are prompted for the first volume. For
example:
23:17/15/Vol XYZ (ANS) of set VOL25 mounted on LDEV# 7
23:17/#S1/50/MOUNT REEL 1 OF VOLSET VOL25 FOR RESTORE ON LDEV 7
NOTE Labeled tapes cannot be used to RESTORE with a sequential device
configuration.
Restoring from Single Devices
The FILE command gives the tape device a filename and identifies the device. To RESTORE
files from only one device, back reference that device in your RESTORE command. For
example:
:FILE T;DEV=TAPE
:RESTORE *T;@.OPERATOR.SYS