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

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Restoring Files

Issuing a RESTORE Command

To RESTORE the ﬁles from the tape to the system disk, you may optionally ﬁrst issue a FILE

command. The optional FILE command names the tape device and describes its type. If you

do not use a FILE command, RESTORE creates a default ﬁlename. You must issue a RESTORE

command describing:

• The ﬁles you want to RESTORE

• The options you want to use, if any

• Back references to the ﬁlename of the tape device, unless you use the default ﬁlename.

For example:

:FILE T;DEV=TAPE

:RESTORE *T;FILE1.OPERATOR.SYS

:RESTORE ;FILE1.OPERATOR.SYS

NOTE

If the back reference is omitted, the semicolon (;) serves as a placeholder and

must be included.

You must use a FILE command if you want the device to be automatically allocated.

Refer to "Naming the Backup", in Chapter 3, "Preparing Storage Devices," for more

information on the FILE command.

When using FOS RESTORE, you can only restore ﬁles from a single tape device, or from

multiple tape devices in a serial pool. You cannot restore ﬁles from parallel devices. If you

have purchased TurboSTORE/iX II (B5151AA) or TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online

Backup (B5152AA), then you can use parallel devices or parallel device pools to restore

ﬁles.