Installation and User's Guide

vIn the Restore Options window, you can choose to restore the image only or theimage and incremental directories files. If you choose Image Only, you restorethe 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 replaces your entire file system with the image from the server andthen restore the files that you backed up using the incremental image backupoperation.Restoring an image using the command lineUse the restore image command to restore an image using the Tivoli StorageManager command line client.You can use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specifythat you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume.If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues awarning message on the console and in the error log.If bad sectors are present on the target volume, you can use the imagetofile optionwith the restore image command to specify that you want to restore the sourceimage to a file. Later, you can use a data copy utility of your choice to transfer theimage from the file to a disk volume.Related reference“Imagetofile” on page 392“Verifyimage” on page 504Restore data from a backup setYour Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can generate a backup set, which is acollection of your files that reside on the server, onto portable media created on adevice using a format that is compatible with the client device.You can restore data from a backup set from the Tivoli Storage Manager server, orwhen the backup set is locally available as a file or on a tape device.You can restore backup sets from the following locations:v From the Tivoli Storage Manager serverv From portable media on a device attached to your client workstationv From a backup set file on your client workstationBackup sets can provide you with instant archive and rapid recovery capability asdescribed in the following list.Instant archiveThis capability allows an administrator to create an archive collection frombackup versions already stored on the server.Rapid recovery with local backup setsChapter 5. Restoring your data 183