TSM Point in time restore

When performing a point-in-time restore, consider the following:

• Tivoli Storage Manager restores file versions from the most recent backup before the specified point-in-time date. Ensure the point-in-time that you specify is not the same as the date and time this backup was performed.
• If the date and time you specify for the object you are trying to restore is earlier than the oldest version that exists on the server, Tivoli Storage Manager cannot restore that object.
• Point-in-time restore will restore files deleted from the client workstation after the point-in-time date but not files deleted before this date.
• Tivoli Storage Manager cannot restore a file created after the point-in-time date and time. When a point-in-time restore runs, files that were created on the client after the point-in-time date are not deleted.

If there are no backup versions of a directory for the point-in-time you specify, files within that directory are not restorable from the GUI. However, you can restore these files from the command line.

You can start point-in-time restore from the command-line client using the pitdate and pittime options with the query backup and restore commands. For example, when you use the pitdate and pittime options with the query backup command, you establish the point-in-time for which file information is returned. When you use pitdate and pittime with the restore command, the date and time values you specify establish the point-in-time for which files are returned. If you specify pitdate without a pittime value, pittime defaults to 23:59:59. If you specify pittime without a pitdate value, it is ignored.