IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive ...

|||||||||||||||file data or Image data. If you have upgraded from Tivoli Storage ManagerExpress, some application data is also supported.Note: Image data and application data restore is only available when restoringfrom the server. It is not supported from a client local backupset restore.When a backup set is stacked, you can only restore data for your own node. Datafor all other nodes will be skipped. When restoring data from a stacked backup seton a local device, you can only restore file level data for your own client node.Attention: Due to the portability of local backup sets, additional steps should betaken to secure local backup sets on portable media. The backup set media shouldbe physically secured since the backup set can be restored locally withoutauthenticating with the server. Each user has access to all of the data on thestacked backup set, which means that the user has access to data that they do notown, by changing the nodename or viewing the backup set in its raw format.Encryption or physical protection of the media are the only methods to ensure thatthe data is protected.If you restore backupset data from the server, individual files, directories or entirebackupset data can be restored in a single operation from the GUI or the commandline. When you restore backupset data locally, the GUI can only display and restorean entire backupset. The command line can be used to restore individual files ordirectories stored in a backupset locally. Refer to the backupsetname option on therestore and query commands for more information.Restoring backupsets using the GUIAttention: Before you begin a restore, be aware that backupsets can contain datafor multiple file spaces. If you specify a destination other than the original location,data from all file spaces are restored to the location you specify.To restore a backupset, perform the following steps:v Click Restore from the GUI main window. The Restore window appears.v Locate the Backup Sets directory tree object and expand it by clicking the plussign (+) beside it.– To restore the backupset from a local device, expand the Local object and theSpecify backupset location dialog is displayed. On the dialog, select Filename: or Tape name: from the dropdown list and then enter the tape or filename location. You can also click the Browse button to open a file selectionwindow and select a backupset.– To restore data from backupset from the server, first expand the Server objectand then either Filelevel or Image, depending on the type of restorerequested.v Click the selection box next to the backupset or directory or file within thebackupset that you want to restore.It is now possible to select files from within a backupset if that backupset islocated at the server and was generated with a table of contents.v Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. Enter the appropriateinformation.v Click on Restore. The Task List window displays the restore processing status.Notes:1. If the object you want to restore is part of a backupset generated on a node,and the node name is changed on the server, any backupset objects that were132 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User’s Guide