Restore single file from Systemstate

[kslztc]

Hi,

We are trying to restore a single file, that was backed up in SYSTEMSTATE.
According to IBM this should be possible, but for some reason its not possible to either query og restore the file - tsmvolmap.txt

Output from ISP BA:

C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc restore "{TSM-WS2012R2\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState}\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\adsm.sys\VSS_STAGING\ASR\tsmvolmap.txt"
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface
Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 6.3
Client date/time: 07/25/2017 10:05:35
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Node Name: TSM-WS2012R2
Session established with server TSM01: Windows
Server Version 8, Release 1, Level 1.0
Server date/time: 07/25/2017 10:05:42 Last access: 07/25/2017 10:03:50

Restore function invoked.

ANS1302E No objects on server match query


C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc query filesp
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface
Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 6.3
Client date/time: 07/25/2017 10:05:50
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Node Name: TSM-WS2012R2
Session established with server TSM01: Windows
Server Version 8, Release 1, Level 1.0
Server date/time: 07/25/2017 10:05:57 Last access: 07/25/2017 10:05:42

# Last Incr Date Type File Space Name
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 07/24/2017 15:10:49 VSS TSM-WS2012R2\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState
2 07/21/2017 14:10:18 NTFS \\tsm-ws2012r2\c$



What is the correct syntax, for restoring individual files from within a systemstate backup?

 

[marclant]

I believe tsmvolmap is backed up under \\machine\c$, not systemstate, even if it's backed up during systemstate.

 

[kslztc]

Hi,

Thx for the reply.
It isnt in the C$ backup :


C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient>dsmc query backup "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\adsm.sys\*" -subdir=y
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface
Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 6.3
Client date/time: 07/25/2017 12:32:08
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Node Name: TSM-WS2012R2
Session established with server TSM01: Windows
Server Version 8, Release 1, Level 1.0
Server date/time: 07/25/2017 12:32:15 Last access: 07/25/2017 12:31:54

ANS1092W No files matching search criteria were found

 

[marclant]

I checked on the server, it's part of systemstate filespace, but not part of the systemstate backup. When you do an ASR restore, it restores a small group of files first to prepare for the actual systemstate restore. The tsmvolmap.txt is one of those files.

Maybe create a test VM and do an ASR restore on it to get the files.