ITEM: D6131L

Can you restore specific files from a mksysb backup.

Question:

Backup of system was created with SMIT System Backup (mksysb command).
How do you restore a specific file from the tape?

Response:

NOTE: The following assumes you are using AIX version 3.2.2 or later.

1) Make sure that the tape drive is set to same block size as when
backup was created.
2) Issue the command "tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3".  
3) To restore files from rootvg, type "tar -xpvf/dev/rmt0.1 ./filename".




Support Line: Can you restore specific files from a mksysb backup. ITEM: D6131L

Dated: August 1993 Category: N/A

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