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Performing an IBM i File System Agent Restore to a New Library, Directory or Folder

You can restore files to a different folder from the source backup folder.

If you want to find and restore specific data, see Find.

Note

If you select more than one library to restore to a different single path, then the software restores all of the objects that are under the selected libraries to the same destination path. If this behavior is not your intention, perform an in-place restore to restore the data to the same library that you backed up, or select one library at a time and restore that library to a different library name.

The operating system restrictions are applicable when you restore to a different location. For example

  • You cannot restore the system library "/QSYS.LIB" or its content to "/QDLS" or "/*". The same holds true if you try to restore "/QDLS" or "/*" to "/QSYS.LIB".

  • The restore of a library inside another library is restricted.

  • The restore of the journal object to a different library is restricted.

Procedure

  1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers> client> Proxy Client File System > backup_set.

  2. Right-click the subclient, point to All Tasks and then click Browse and Restore.

  3. On the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, select Latest Backup and then click View Content.

  4. Optional: Use non-default Browse and Restore options. See Browse and Restore.

  5. From the Browse window, select the data to restore in the right pane and then click Recover All Selected.

    The Restore Options dialog box appears.

    1. To sort the data, click on the column heading that you want to sort by. For example, click on Date to see the data sorted by date.

  6. On the General tab, make the following selections:

    1. From the Destination Client list, select the source computer.

    2. Clear the Restore to same folder check box

    3. In the Specify destination path box, type the new path that you want to restore the files to.

    4. Optional: Specify the path level restore options.

      • To specify the number of levels at the end of the source path, select the Preserve n levels from end of the source path check box.

        The default is 1 and keeps the lowest level.

        Note

        If you use wildcards in the source path name, you must use the default value.

        For example, if this value is set to 1, and the source path is \Documents\Memos\Sales, and the destination folder is temp, the data will be recovered to \temp\Sales.

      • To remove levels from the beginning of source path of the selected data, select the Remove n levels from beginning of the source path check box.

        The default is 1 and keeps the lowest level.

        For example, if this value is set to 1, and the source path is Documents\Memos\Sales, and the destination folder is temp, the data will be recovered to \temp\Sales.

  7. Optional: Select the advanced restore options.

    1. Click Advanced.

      The Advanced Restore dialog box appears.

      For information about the options and selections, see IBM i Advanced Restore Options.

    2. Click OK to close the Advanced Restore Options dialog box.

  8. Click OK to close the Restore Options dialog box.

To monitor the progress of the restore job, see Job Controller.

To view the job history, see Job History.

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