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Prerequisites

  • BRRECOVER lets you repeat this phase if there is an error.

  • BRRECOVER checks whether there are any data files not online. If so, it recommends to set them online.

Context

You use this procedure when using BRRECOVER to perform:

This procedure calls BRRESTORE to restore and apply incremental backups only if you specified this when you selected a database backup.

Procedure


  1. Set the required options:

    Menu Entry

    Equivalent BRRESTORE

    Command Option

    BRRESTORE profile (profile)

    -p|-profile

    BRBACKUP run (backup)

    -b|-backup|b1|backup1

    Restore device type (device)

    -d|-device

    BACKINT/Mount profile (parfile)

    -r|-parfile

    Database user/password (user)

    -u|-user

    Files for restore (mode)

    -m|-mode incr

    Confirmation mode (confirm)

    -c|-confirm

    Query mode (query)

    -q|-query

    Additional output (output)

    -o|-output

    Message language (language)

    -l|-language

    BRRESTORE command line (command)

    This shows you the BRRESTORE command that is to be executed using the current settings.
    Note

    Restore device type (device) is taken from the device type used for the selected backup.

    1. To start the apply and restore with the selected options, choose Continue.

    2. Check the results in the BRRESTORE logs:

      • The summary log rest<DBSID>.log displays the return code.

      • The detail log r<encoded timestamp>.rsb displays the progress.

      For more information on how to view the logs, see Showing Profiles and Logs with BR*Tools.