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Asked: May 6 2008 1:53 PM GMT
Asked by: JAC

Library SAVF restore

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Our backup procedure backs up our libraries to SAVFs and in the early morning copies the SAVFs to tape (with seq.#). This speeds up the backup process so that our overnight shifts are not down for a long period of time. Now my question
what would be the fastest way to restore a library that is 6,954,364,928 big (almost 7 gig!) other than restore the savf from tape to a "restore" library and then restoring the objects to the original library. Please help!

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Last Answered: May 6 2008 2:02 PM GMT by Gilly400

Hi,

This is going to depend on how you save from your save files. If you use SAVSAVFDTA then you should be able to restore directly from your tapes, otherwise I'm afraid you're going to have to restore your SAVF and then restore from the SAVF.

You can use the sequence number to restore the SAVF, that should be quicker than specifying the name of the SAVF. Restore command should go straight to the sequence number instead of checking for a matching name at every tape marker.

Regards,

Martin Gilbert.

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JAC | May 6 2008 3:28PM GMT

Thanks Martin,

I will try that and let you know how it turns out.

John

JAC | May 7 2008 1:53PM GMT

Once again this forum proves it WORKS as a great source of information!

Thanks Martin for your input. It worked.

Thanks,