Fromtime

Use the fromtime option with the fromdate option to specify a beginning time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation.

The backup-archive client ignores this option if you do not specify the fromdate option.

Use the fromtime option with the following commands:

  • delete backup
  • query archive
  • query backup
  • restore
  • restore group
  • retrieve
Mac OS X operating systemsWindows operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systems

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients. The IBM Spectrum Protect API does not support this option.

Syntax

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Parameters

time
Specifies a beginning time on a specific date from which you want to search for backed up or archived files. If you do not specify a time, the time defaults to 00:00:00. Specify the time in the format you selected with the timeformat option.

When you include the timeformat option in a command, it must precede the fromtime, pittime, and totime options.

Examples

Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsCommand line:
Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsdsmc q b -timeformat=4 -fromt=11:59AM -fromd=06/30/2003 -tot=11:59PM -tod=06/30/2003 /home/*
Windows operating systemsCommand line:
Windows operating systemsdsmc q b -timeformat=4 -fromt=11:59AM -fromd=06/30/2003 -tot=11:59PM -tod=06/30/2003 c:\*