1 – backup-file-spec
A file specification for the backup file produced by a previous RMU Backup command. The default file extension is .rbf. Note that you cannot perform a remote restore operation on an .rbf file that has been backed up to tape and then copied to disk. When copying .rbf files to disk from tape, be sure to copy them onto the system on which you will be restoring them. Depending on whether you are performing a restore operation from magnetic tape, disk, or multiple disks, the backup file specification should be specified as follows: o Restoring from magnetic tape If you used multiple tape drives to create the backup file, the backup-file-spec parameter must be provided with (and only with) the first tape drive name. Additional tape drive names must be separated from the first and subsequent tape drive names with commas, as shown in the following example: $ RMU/RESTORE /REWIND $111$MUA0:PERS_FULL_NOV30.RBF,$112$MUA1: o Restoring from multiple or single disk files If you used multiple disk files to create the backup file, the backup-file-spec parameter must be provided with (and only with) the first disk device name. Additional disk device names must be separated from the first and subsequent disk device names with commas. You must include the Disk_file qualifier. For example: RMU/RESTORE/ONLY_ROOT/DISK_FILE DISK1:[DIR1]MFP.RBF,DISK2:[DIR2], DISK3:[DIR3] As an alternative to listing the disk device names on the command line (which can exceed the line-limit lenght for a command line if you use several devices), you can specify an options file in place of the backup-file-spec. For example: $ RMU/RESTORE/ONLY-ROOT/DISK_FILE" @DEVICES.OPT" The contents of devices.opt might appear as follows: DISK1:[DIR1]MFP.RBF DISK2:[DIR2] DIS3:[DIR3] The backup files referenced from sjuch an options file are: DISK1:[DIR1]MFP.RBF DISK2:[DIR2]MFP01.RBF DISK3:[DIR3]MFP02.RBF
2 – storage-area-list
This option is a list of storage area names from the database. Use it in the following situations: o When you need to change the values for thresholds with the Thresholds qualifier or blocks per page with the Blocks_Per_ Page qualifier o When you need to change the names or version numbers specified with the Snapshot or the File qualifier for the restored database To use the storage-area-list option, specify the storage area name, not the system file name for the storage area. By restoring the database root only, you save the additional time normally needed to restore all the storage areas. Place commas between each storage area name in the list. If the storage area parameters have changed since the file was last backed up, the storage-area-list option updates the .rdb file parameters so they agree with the current storage area parameters in terms of location and file version.