Restore

Command

RESTORE

Description

Initiates the restoration process

Syntax

RESTORE <repset> FROM <target> ORIGINAL <original_source> [, OVERWRITE | NOOVERWRITE] [, OVERWRITENEWER | NOOVERWRITENEWER] [, USETARGETDB | NOUSETARGETDB] [, RESTOREDBTOO | NORESTOREDBTOO] [, CHECKSUM | NOCHECKSUM][, ORPHANS | NOORPHANS]

Options

• repset—Name of the replication set
• target—Name of the target or an IP address on the target
• original_source—Name of the original source
• OVERWRITE—Overwrites files on the source
• NOOVERWRITE—Does not overwrite files on the source
• OVERWRITENEWER—Overwrites files on the source even if the source file is newer than on the target
• NOOVERWRITENEWER—Does not overwrite files on the source that are newer on the source than on the target
• USETARGETDB—Uses the replication set from the target machine
• NOUSETARGETDB—Uses the replication set from the source machine
• RESTOREDBTOO—Restores the replication set database from the target to the source
• NORESTOREDBTOO—Does not restore the replication set database from the target to the source
• CHECKSUM—Performs a block checksum comparison and only restores those blocks that are different
• NOCHECKSUM—Does not perform a block checksum comparison and restores those files that are different
• ORPHANS—Moves or deletes orphan files on the source
• NOORPHANS—Does not move or delete orphan files on the source

Examples

restore DataFiles from beta ,overwritenewer ,usetargetdb

Notes

• The default settings for this command are overwrite, overwritenewer, usetargetdb, restoredbtoo, and noorphans.
• The options can be used in any combination and in any order. The first option does not require a comma, but the second and remaining options do require a comma before the option.
• The source command is required before each use of the restore command.
• This command requires the original source option.
• Options, except for IP addresses, that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.
• When scripting with this command, if a successful restoration connection is established, the command will return a positive number, which is the connection ID assigned to that connection.