Restoring with FRECOVER utility

[Naveen Shetty]

Hi,
Kindly if somehelp can be given on the ways to restore a directory in case of a backup taken thru fbackup.

Wih regards,
Naveen.

[Wilfred Chau_1 · Accepted solution]

To recover files to original location:
# frecover -f /dev/rmt/0m -xv -i /source_directory

To recover files relative to the current working directory:
# cd /destination_directory
# frecover -f /dev/rmt/0m -xXv -i /source_directory

[Bill Hassell]

man frecover?

Seriously, it is fairly easy. To restore /tmp back where it came from:

# frecover -xv -f /dev/rmt/ -i /tmp

To see the header on the tape:

# frecover -V - -f /dev/rmt/

To list the entire table of contents of the tape:

# frecover -I - -f /dev/rmt/

or index into a file:

# frecover -I /tmp/toc.txt -f /dev/rmt/

And finally, to restore a directory or set of files into a different directory, use -X as in:

# frecover -xXv -f /dev/rmt/ -i /tmp

[Naveen Shetty]

Thanks a lot for all of you.

It is very nice to see your quick replies..!

With Regards,
Naveen.

[Helen French]

Hi Naveen Bhai =))

Try this:

frecover -xXv -f /dev/rmt/0m -i /source_path

frecover -xv -f /dev/rmt/0m -i /source_path ( original location)

Also see this for complete documentation:

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90129/B2355-90129.html

HTH,
Shiju