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getback - Restoring Files from Backup
As a Virtual Server administrator, you have the luxury of
restoring files directly from our disk and tape backups.
We have created a file retrieval command called getback which will
walk you through the file retrieval process step by step.
To use getback, connect to your Virtual Server via
Telnet or SSH
and run the getback command like this.
% getback FILENAME(S)
Substitute a single file or list of files FILENAME(S)
above. getback will search the backup archives, find all matches,
and display a date-sorted list of possible sources from which to restore
the requested file(s). Both online (disk) and tape backup sources are
listed.
- Online Backups
If an online (disk) source is selected, the file(s) is restored
immediately. Any existing file(s) under the same name will be renamed
with the form of filename.DDMonYY, where
DDMonYY is the current date.
- Tape Backups
If a tape backup is selected, an e-mail message is automatically sent to our
Support Staff requesting the file(s) be restored from tape. The file(s) is usually
restored within 2 business days.
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NOTE:
A Service Charge is applicable
when files are restored from tape backup. Restoring from disk backup
is done free of charge.
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Examples
If you want to list all backups we have
made of the file ~/www/htdocs/index.html, do the following.
% getback /www/htdocs/index.html
size modified file
10) 26 Nov 1997, on tape (fee required)
46964 24 Nov 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
9) 2 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
46964 24 Nov 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
8) 7 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
46957 6 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
7) 13 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
51730 12 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
6) 20 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
50766 19 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
5) 31 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
51003 19 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
4) 10 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required)
30019 6 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
3) 16 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required)
30247 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
2) 16 Jan 1998, online
30247 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
1) 17 Jan 1998, online
30247 6 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html
Enter location to get file(s) from, or 0 to quit:
You can restore more than one file at a time.
The following command lists the backup copies of both
the ~/usr/mail/rus and ~/usr/mail/dave files.
% getback /usr/mail/rus /usr/mail/dave
size modified file
10) 26 Nov 1997, on tape (fee required)
59020 25 Nov 1997 usr/mail/rus
15803 26 Nov 1997 usr/mail/dave
9) 2 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
81871 1 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus
6273 2 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave
8) 7 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
14870 6 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus
153284 7 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave
7) 13 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
76540 12 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus
3527 13 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave
6) 20 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
118765 19 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus
9390 20 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave
5) 31 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
41787 30 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus
0 31 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave
4) 10 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required)
0 9 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus
0 10 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave
3) 16 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required)
23028 15 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus
7251 16 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave
2) 16 Jan 1998, online
23028 15 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus
7251 16 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave
1) 17 Jan 1998, online
23028 15 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus
28444 17 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave
Enter location to get file(s) from, or 0 to quit:
You can also restore backup copies of an entire directory.
% getback /www/htdocs/
size modified file
10) 26 Nov 1997, on tape (fee required)
9875108 26 Nov 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
9) 2 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
9958610 2 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
8) 7 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
12694619 7 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
7) 13 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
15148343 13 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
6) 20 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
16437181 20 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
5) 31 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required)
17627644 31 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
4) 10 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required)
14711305 10 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
3) 16 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required)
14800035 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
2) 16 Jan 1998, online
14800035 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
1) 17 Jan 1998, online
15181492 17 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
Enter location to get file(s) from, or 0 to quit:
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