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Monitoring RESTORE Command Progress

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After entering a RESTORE command, you see the following message at the console telling you that the RESTORE process has begun: 

   TURBO-STORE/RESTORE  VERSION  C.55.05  B5152AA
         (C) 1986 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

 WED, JUN 26, 1996,  5:07 PM

Responding to Tape Requests

If your system is not configured to automatically assign devices, you see a tape request. For example: 

   ?9:08/#S25/43/LDEV# FOR "T" ON TAPE (NUM)?
If you have previously issued a FILE command that included the tape device's LDEV number, the tape request asks you to confirm that number. For example: 

   ?14:57/#S25/43/IS "T" ON LDEV #8 (Y/N)?
See Chapter 7, "Handling Media Requests," for information on how to respond to tape requests.

Replying to Tape Requests for a Multiple-Device RESTORE

If you are restoring files from several devices, the system sends you a tape request for each device. The order that you receive tape requests corresponds to the order that you listed the devices in your RESTORE command.

If you gave your tape devices unique filenames, you receive a tape request for each unique filename. See Figure 3-1 "Multiple-Device Planning Chart", in Chapter 3, "Preparing Storage Devices," to determine which LDEV to assign to each name.

If you gave your tape devices a common filename, you receive several identical tape requests referring to the common filename, one for each device. For example, the first tape request in a sequential RESTORE asks for the LDEV number of the first device. The second request asks for the LDEV number of the second device, and so on.

Mounting Additional Tapes

If you are restoring a large set of files, the set may extend on to several tapes. If you have more than one tape to mount on a tape device, RESTORE immediately prompts you to mount the next tape after it finishes restoring files from the previous tape. You see messages similar to the ones below: 

   15:28/#S415/59/MOUNT NEXT MEDIA FOR STORE ON LDEV 8
   15:29/#S415/59/LDEV #8 NOT READY
To mount another tape, perform the following steps:

  1. Unload the first tape following the instructions in Chapter 3, "Preparing Storage Devices."

  2. Locate the second tape, prepare it, and mount it. You do not have to issue another RESTORE command to respond to a tape request. The system automatically continues restoring files. If you leave the console while restoring files, other messages can cause mount requests to scroll off of the console screen.

  3. Continue monitoring the RESTORE process. Mount new tapes as the system requests them.

Using the PROGRESS Option

If you specified the PROGRESS option of RESTORE, you can monitor the progress of your recovery by looking at the progress messages issued by RESTORE. If RESTORE is being run from a session, then the progress messages will be issued on $STDLIST. If RESTORE is being run from a job, then the progress messages will be displayed on the system console.



RESTORE Command Options

When RESTORE is Complete