Retrieving Archived Data

To copy archived data back to a UNIX client machine, use the Backup retrieve program (nwretrieve) or enter nsrretrieve at the command line. To retrieve archived data on a PC client, use the Recover function in the Backup User program. For detailed instructions on how to use the Backup retrieve program and the Backup User program, refer to the online help. For more information about nsrretrieve, see "nsrretrieve " or refer to the nsrretrieve(1m) man page.

You can retrieve an archive save set if you have administrator or archive user privileges for that save set, or if you enabled the Public Archives attribute in the Server resource. See "Permissions for Archive and Retrieve" for more information on Public Archives.

Because archived data are not usually recorded in the online client file index, all the data in an archive save set are retrieved as a single unit. If the Store Index Entries attribute in the Pools resource was enabled at the time a PC style archive occurs, individual filenames are recorded in the online client file index, and you can use the GUI to browse the files in an archive save set.

When you use the Backup retrieve program, you search the archive save sets based on the client where the save sets originated and on the text in the annotation. Select the archive save set you want to retrieve, then start the retrieval. Before the retrieval begins, Backup prompts you to find out how to handle filename conflicts. Backup also checks whether the archive volumes required to retrieve your data are mounted. If the volumes are not mounted, Backup sends a message according to the configurations in the Notifications resource for tape mount requests.

When the required volumes are mounted, Backup retrieves the save sets you selected. The archived data is still maintained on the archive volume, which remains protected from accidental reuse by Backup. Any entries in the client file index remain unchanged as well.