Recovering from data loss or system outages
With Tivoli® Storage Manager, you can recover data that was lost when a disaster or system outage occurred. You can recover directory-container storage pools, client data, and databases.
Procedure
Use the following recovery methods based on the component
you must recover.
Component to recover | Procedure | More information |
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Directory-container storage pool | To recover directory-container storage pools, complete
the following steps:
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Repairing storage pools |
Client data | Prerequisites:
Manually configure the client to automatically fail over
to the target server for data recovery.
If you enabled the client for automated client failover, you can recover the data by using automatic failover function. You can verify that the usereplicationfailover option is either not in the client options file or is set to yes.Recover data from the target server when the source server is unavailable due to an outage by using automatic failover. Tip:
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Database | Prerequisites:
Restore the Tivoli Storage Manager database to its most current state or to a specific point in time by using the DSMSERV RESTORE DB server utility. |