HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

Saving and Restoring Data
3.5 Saves and Restores
The before and since dates in the restore apply only to the archive date of the file. They are not
related to the before and since dates in the selection object, which refer to files’ online dates that
are maintained by OpenVMS.
3.5.5 Catalog (Restore Only)
On a restore, you can specify a catalog name instead of an archive name if you know the name of
the catalog from which to locate the restore information, and do not know the name of the
archive. Normally, however, you would specify the archive under which the data was saved
rather than the catalog.
3.5.6 Include, Exclude, Data Type and Source Node
One of the more obvious attributes of a save or restore request are the file names, disk names
path names or database names that you wish to save or restore. There are two options for specifying
these names in a save or restore request:
• In an INCLUDE specification - You can specify the names directly in the save or restore
request in an INCLUDE specification. You can specify multiple disks and/or files in a
comma-separated list with the restriction that all disk and file specifications relate to a single
data type (for example, VMS files). If you wish to mix file types in a single save or
restore request (for example, VMS files and Windows files), then you must use the second
option.
Note
In case the include specification in the Save request had a directory tree structure, then
to maintain the same during the Restore operation, you must specify the wildcard “*”
in the include specification of the Restore request.
Example: /Include = TPRD:[TPRD.APPFILES*]*.*;*
If you do not use the wildcard “*” or specify a wildcard other than “*” in the include
specification, then all the files are automatically restored to the root directory.
Examples:
/Include = TPRD:[TPRD.APPFILES]*.*;*
/Include = TPRD:[TPRD.APPFILES%]*.*;*
• Using SELECTIONS - With this option, you create selection objects directly using the
MDMSView GUI or the CLI, specify the appropriate include specifications, then associate
the selection object(s) with the save or restore. You can associate multiple selection objects
with any save or restore request as long as the total number of disk, file, path or database
specifications in all the selection objects does not exceed 24.
When you specify disk, file and database names by including them in the save and restore
request, then you are effectively creating a default selection object. This selection object has the
same name as the save or restore, with the suffix “_SAVE_SEL_DEL” or “_REST_SEL_DEF”
respectively. You can specify the following attributes directly in the save or restore request for
inclusion in the default selection:
• INCLUDE - A list of disks, files, paths or databases to include in the save or restore.
• EXCLUDE - A list of files to exclude from the save or restore that would otherwise have
been included according to the include specification. This option applies to data type VMS
FILES only
• DATA TYPE - The type of data to be saved or restored - select one of the following:
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