If you check the RESTORE command syntax, you will see that only one file
specification is permitted per operation. So what you are looking to do is
not possible from the command line.

Try the GUI.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend (which doesn't necessarily mean that it is
ALWAYS the right tool for the job).
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-11-05
06:00:20:

> Richard:  Thanks.  I took a look and I'm still confused at how I can
> restore multiple mount points on a single restore.  I see the wildcards
> but if I wanted only a select group I don't see how I can list the mount
> points on the restore line.
> *TSM 5.2.2 on AIX 5.2(server) and the clients are UNIX running 5.2.2
>
> (Each one below is a separate mount point on the filesystem.
> > dsmc restore -inactive "/users32/oradata/FTKP/control1/*"
> > -pitdate=10/13/2005 -f
> > dsmc restore -inactive "/users32/oradata/FTKP/control2/*"
> > -pitdate=10/13/2005 -f
> > dsmc restore -inactive "/users32/oradata/FTKP/control3/*"
> > -pitdate=10/13/2005 -f
> > dsmc restore -inactive "/users32/oradata/FTKP/control4/*"
> > -pitdate=10/13/2005 -f
> I'd like to do a single restore so it retrieved all the files.
> Currently the UNIX folks are issuing 22 restores and it happens that all
> the data is on a single tape which means it has to be loaded 22 times
> and unloaded 22 times.
>
> Thanks for all the help,
> Eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Richard Sims
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:42 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM restore question
>
> On Nov 3, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Jones, Eric J wrote:
>
> > ...Our UNIX group restores 1 mount point or directory at a time which
> > takes very long time to restore multiple directories.  Currently they
> > do something like
> >
> > --------------------------
> >
> > dsmc restore -inactive "/users32/oradata/FTKP/control1/*"
> > -pitdate=10/13/2005 -f
> > ...
>
> Eric - See IBM Technote 1142185, particularly the "?*" wildcard spec
> near
>         the bottom.  Restoral performance and invocation choices are not
> always obvious in the product.
>
>     Richard Sims