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:\*