Installation and User's Guide

If you request a point-in-time restore with a date and time that is prior to theoldest version maintained by the Tivoli Storage Manager server, the object is notrestored to your system. Files which were deleted from your workstation prior tothe point-in-time specified will not be restored.Note:1. Your administrator must define copy group settings that maintain enoughinactive versions of a file to guarantee that you can restore that file to a specificdate and time. If enough versions are not maintained, Tivoli Storage Managermight not be able to restore all objects to the point-in-time you specify.2. If you delete a file or directory, the next time you run an incremental backup,the active backup version becomes inactive and the oldest versions that exceedthe number specified by the versions data deleted attribute of the managementclass are deleted.When performing a point-in-time restore, consider the following:v Tivoli Storage Manager restores file versions from the most recent backup beforethe specified point-in-time date. Ensure the point-in-time that you specify is notthe same as the date and time this backup was performed.v If the date and time you specify for the object you are trying to restore is earlierthan the oldest version that exists on the server, Tivoli Storage Manager cannotrestore that object.v Point-in-time restore restores files deleted from the client workstation after thepoint-in-time date but not files deleted before this date.v Tivoli Storage Manager cannot restore a file created after the point-in-time dateand time. When a point-in-time restore runs, files that were created on the clientafter the point-in-time date are not deleted.To perform a point-in-time restore using the client GUI, use the following steps:1. Click the Restore button in the main window. The Restore window appears.2. Click the Point-in-Time button from the Restore window. The Point in TimeRestore window appears.3. Select the Use a Point-in-Time Date selection box. Select the date and time andclick OK. The point in time that you specified appears in the Point in Timedisplay field in the Restore window.4. Display the objects you want to restore. You can search for an object by name,filter the directory tree, or work with the directories in the directory tree.5. Click the selection boxes next to the objects you want to restore.6. Click the Restore button. The Restore Destination window is displayed. Enterthe appropriate information.7. Click the Restore button to start the restore. The Restore Task List windowdisplays the restore processing status.Note: If there are no backup versions of a directory for the point-in-time youspecify, files within that directory are not restorable from the GUI. However, youcan restore these files from the command line.You can start point-in-time restore from the command-line client using the pitdateand pittime options with the query backup and restore commands. For example,when you use the pitdate and pittime options with the query backup command,you establish the point-in-time for which file information is returned. When youuse pitdate and pittime with the restore command, the date and time values youChapter 5. Restoring your data 203