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3. Locate the object in the tree named Image and expand it. Click the selectionbox next to the image you want to restore. You can obtain detailed informationabout the object by highlighting the object and selecting View → File Details...from the main window or click the View File details button.4. (Optional) To perform an incremental image restore, click the Options buttonto open the Restore Options window and select the Image plus incrementaldirectories and files option. If you want to delete inactive files from your localfile system, select the Delete inactive files from local check box. Click the OKbutton.5. Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. The image can berestored to the volume with the mount point from which it was originallybacked up. Alternatively, a different volume can be chosen for the restorelocation.6. Click the Restore button to begin the restore. The Task List window appearsshowing the progress of the restore. The Restore Report window displays adetailed status report.The following are some items to consider when you perform an image restoreusing the GUI:vvvYou can select View → File Details from the main window or click the View Filedetails button to display the following statistics about file system images backedup by the client:– Image Size - This is the volume size which was backed up.– Stored Size - This is the actual image size stored on the server. The storedimage on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is the same size as the volumecapacity.– File system type– Backup date and time– Management class assigned to image backup– Whether the image backup is an active or inactive copyTo modify specific restore options, click the Options button. Any options youchange are effective during the current session only.In the Restore Options window, you can choose to restore the image only or theimage and incremental directories files. If you choose Image Only, you willrestore the image from your last image backup only. This is the default.If you ran incremental-by-date image backup on a volume or image backups ona volume with incrementals, you can choose the Image plus incrementaldirectories and files option. If you choose Image plus incremental directoriesand files, you can also select Delete inactive files from local to delete theinactive files that are restored to your local file system. If incremental-by-dateimage backup was the only type of incremental backup you performed on thefile system, deletion of files will not occur.Important: Be absolutely sure that you need to perform an incremental restorebecause it will replace your entire file system with the image from the serverand then restore the files that you backed up using the incremental imagebackup operation.Performing an image restore using the command lineUse the restore image command to restore an image using the Tivoli StorageManager command line client.Chapter 5. Restoring your data 171