Air Cleaner User Manual

Device name for remote volume prompt
Default=(Blank/None). Enter a TTY, LFT or PTS device name to send
the volume prompt to a specified device rather than to the current
SMIT screen. If you are backing up to a remote host, the device name
you specify is attached to the remote host. This field is displayed only
when the backup device is a tape drive or virtual device.
Examples of device names are /dev/tty0, /dev/lft0 and /dev/pts/5.
You can determine the terminal device name by typing tty at the
command line on that device.
Allow restore of system data?
If this field is set to “no”, the restore process cannot restore certain
directories, logical volumes, or filesystems that might affect the system
operation. Examples are the hd4 (/ filesystem) logical volume, the /usr
filesystem, or the /etc/objrepos directory. Press Tab to change this field
to “yes” if you want to allow any system data to be restored, but be
aware that this might cause system errors or a complete system failure
depending on the inconsistency of the data being restored and the
current system configuration.
Allow restore of incremental backup?
Default=no. Change this field to “yes” if you are restoring entire
filesystems or volume groups from an incremental backup. The
restoration of incremental data can have a different effect than restoring
regular backup data. Information on restoring incremental backups is
detailed in “Understanding Incremental Restores” on page 10-7.
An error message is displayed and the process terminates if you
attempt to restore data from an incremental backup without setting this
field to “yes.”
Recreate VG,LV, or filesystem before restoring?
Specify this option to remake volume group, logical volume, and file
system structures before restoring the data.
Note: If you would like to edit any of the LVM attributes associated
with the volume group, logical volume, or filesystem before
recreating them, you may specify the -e flag on the
/usr/sbin/sysrestore command. This functionality is only
available from the command line as there is no SMIT menu
equivalent function to edit the attributes.
Instead of using the command line to achieve this functionality,
you would simply recreate the LVM structures and restore the
data as a two step process. The Recreate Volume Groups,
Logical Volumes & Filesystems menu allows you to edit the
LVM attributes before recreating the structures. Please refer to
section “Recreating Volume Groups, Logical Volumes, and
Filesystems” on page 10-2 for more information.
Restore non sparse files as non sparse (AIX 5.1 on
Specify this option when there data is being restored to an AIX 5.1
system. You do not have to know which files are sparse vs. non-sparse.
This option usually only applies to certain database users restoring
database files. Previously, only the AIX tar command could restore files
as non-sparse. However, in AIX 5.1 the /usr/sbin/restore command has
been modified to handle this as well.
Chapter 10. Recreating or Restoring from Backups 10-11