Section 8 - File Restore

This section describes the process on how to restore files.




8.2.4 Restore using Script File


    Data restore can be executed by the script file in the %OBM_HOME%\bin folder.



    Parameters
    Description

    BACKUP_SET

    The name or ID of the backup set that you want to restore. If the backup set name is not in English, please use BackupSetID

    e.g. BACKUP_SET="1119083740107"
    or BACKUP_SET="FileBackupSet-1"

    RESTORE_TO

    The directory that you want the files to restore to.

    e.g.
    Windows
    RESTORE_TO="C:\Temp"

    Linux, Mac OSX
    RESTORE_TO="/tmp"

    If you set it to ""

    e.g. RESTORE_TO=""

    The files will be restored to the original location.

    RESTORE_FROM

    The file/directory on the backup sertver that you would like to restore.

    e.g.
    Windows
    RESTORE_FROM="C:\Data"

    Linux, Mac OSX
    RESTORE_FROM="/Data"

    POINT_IN_TIME

    The point-in-time snapshot of a successful backup that you want to restore from the backup server. Use "Current" for the latest backup snapshot

    e.g. SET POINT_IN_TIME="Current"

    You can specify a particular point-in-time

    e.g. SET POINT_IN_TIME="2006-10-04-12-57-13"

    For the available point in time on the backup server, you can execute the following script.

    Windows
    ListBackupJob.bat

    Linux, Mac OSX ListBackupJob.sh

    RESTORE_PERMISSION

    If you want to restore file permission, set the value to "N", otherwise set the value to "Y" to restore file permission.

    SKIP_INVALID_KEY

    If you want to prompt user to input a correct encryption key, set the value to "N", otherwise set the value to "Y", it will skip the restore file if the file has an invalid encryption key.

    SYNC_OPTION

    Set this value to "Y" if you want to enable the sync option, ie. delete extra file option. Set this value to "N" if you do not want to enable the sync option. If you set the option with "", it will prompt for selection.

    REPLACE_EXISTING_FILE

    Set this value to "-all" to replace all existing file(s) of the same filename. If the value is set to "-none", it will skip the file restore if same filename exists. If you set the option with "", it will prompt for selection.

    SETTING_HOME

    Optional parameter for you to set the user home. By default, the option "" will points to your home directory with the .obm folder.

    e.g. (Windows) "C:\Documents and Settings\John\.obm"
    (Linux) "/home/john/.obm"

    FILTER

    This parameter can help you to filter the files that you want to restore. There are 3 options.

    -Pattern=xxx
    -Type=yyy
    -Target=zzz


    Where
    xxx is the file pattern,
    yyy is the filter type, which can be one of the following: [exact | exactMatchCase | contains | containsMatchCase | startWith | startWithMatchCase | endWithMatchCase | endWith ]
    zzz is the filter target, which can be one of the following: [toFile | toFileDir | toDir]

    e.g. FILTER="-Pattern=.txt-Type=exact-Target=toFile"

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