id="rzahqfilerecovery">Recover integrated Windows server files

IBM® iSeries™ Integrated Server Support supports file-level backup and recovery of your files. You can recover a particular file from your i5/OS™ backup without restoring the entire disk drive. Before using this method, however, consider the amount of data you need to restore. For large amounts of data, restoring an entire disk drive object is much faster than restoring all the individual files in the disk drive. To restore a smaller amount of data, this method works great.

You should restore the directory first, then files, then the registry, then reboot for new registry entries to take effect. To restore files that you saved by this method, use the RST command:

1. Ensure that the integrated Windows server and TCP/IP are running.

2. On the i5/OS command line, type RST and press F4.

3. In the Device field, specify the device on which the data is available. (For example, 'QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD' restores the data from tape.)

4. In the Object field, specify what you want i5/OS to restore in the form '/QNTC/servername/sharename'

   You can use wildcard characters. Refer to Examples: How to address parts of an integrated Windows server for how to specify particular parts of an integrated Windows server. Avoid restoring Windows system files by this method because the restored files may behave unpredictably.

5. In the Name field, specify the path name of the object to restore.

6. You can use the Include or omit field to include or omit objects with the pattern that you specify in the Name portion of the Object parameter.

7. In the New object name field, leave the object name the same or specify a new path name. The new path name must be referenced by a share name that exists on the integrated Windows server.

   When you save a directory that has shares defined over it, i5/OS saves the share information with the directory. If you specify a new object name when you restore the directory, i5/OS does not re-create these shares.

8. Use the Directory subtree field to specify whether you want to restore subtrees under a directory. The default is to restore all directories.

9. To specify that you want to restore files that were saved during a particular period, specify starting and ending dates and times in the Change period field.

10. Provide any other information that you want i5/OS to use to restore the files and press Enter.

11. When the files are restored, reboot the integrated server for new registry entries to take effect.