frecover -I with date?

[Joseph Bague]

Hi to all

Can I include the date of the backup files in the frecover -I

Thanks in advance

Joseph

[aparna challagulla]

hi joseph,

i guess u want to recover files of a particular date/ based on some date. i dont think its possible with -i option.
i have not used frecover much so i wouldnt know for sure if there is any roundabout way to do it.
HTH
aparna

[Joseph Bague]

Hi aparna

I want to list my backup with date using the "frecover -I" command. Any options?

Regards,

Joseph

[Hari Kumar]

This lists( Index of the files) from your backup ::
# frecover -I /tmp/index -f /dev/rmt/Xm

This can also work,Use the -V option:
# frecover -V /tmp/index01 -f /dev/rmt/Xm
Now u check for the required time and date in the file /tmp/index01 on 'time and date' field by grep or else.


Thanks,

[aparna challagulla]

hi,

-I index will create the index file but will not have the timestamp.i tested it here sorry i dont think u can get the date from the index file.

if u r using the graph files and taking incremental backups then the date information is stored in /var/adm/fbackupfile/dates file.this will be the -u option.

there is one more otion -V which gives u the volume header from the backup media.it does have a timestamp but not for the files i think.
aparna

[Joseph Bague]

Aparna/Mohan

Thanks for the immediate response. I will try your suggestion. I will come back for the points after the test.

Joseph :)

[Hari Kumar]

yes APARNA, u r perfectly correct and we need to find out a way to select the files for Recovery of files for the files backed on a particular DATE or Time . Cheers for your Knowldge!!!

Thanks,

[Joseph Bague]

Aparna/Mohan

Thanks for the suggestion. I just restore the first and last file of the backup. (Oracle archive) to determine how many months of archive backup on that tape.

Joseph