HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring scripting guide (T2558-96074, February 2008)

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3. Restore Storage Mirroring data from target to the source by using the restore command.
After the restoration is complete, the connection will remain connected and continue replicating data changes from the target
to the source until the restoration connection is manually disconnected on the target using the
disconnect command.
1.
Command RESTORE
Description Initiates the restoration process
Syntax
RESTORE <repset> FROM <target> [ORIGINAL <original_source> ]
[, OVERWRITE | NOOVERWRITE][, OVERWRITENEWER | NOOVERWRITENEWER]
[, USETARGETDB | NOUSETARGETDB][, RESTOREDBTOO | NORESTOREDBTOO]
[, CHECKSUM | NOCHECKSUM][, ORPHANS | NOORPHANS]
Options
 repset—Name of the replication set
 target—Name of the target, an IP address on the target, or a virtual IP address
 original_source—Name of the original source
 OVERWRITE—Overwrites files on the source
 NOOVERWRITE—Does not overwrite files on the source
 OVERWRITENEWER—Overwrites files on the source even if the source file is newer than on the
target
 NOOVERWRITENEWER—Does not overwrite files on the source that are newer on the source than
on the target
 USETARGETDB—Uses the replication set from the target machine
 NOUSETARGETDB—Uses the replication set from the source machine
 RESTOREDBTOO—Restores the replication set database from the target to the source
 NORESTOREDBTOO—Does not restore the replication set database from the target to the source
 CHECKSUM—Performs a block checksum comparison and only restores those blocks that are
different
 NOCHECKSUM—Does not perform a block checksum comparison and restores those files that are
different
 ORPHANS—Moves or deletes orphan files on the source
 NOORPHANS—Does not move or delete orphan files on the source
Examples
restore DataFiles from beta ,overwritenewer ,usetargetdb
Notes  The default settings for this command are overwrite, overwritenewer, usetargetdb, restoredbtoo,
and noorphans.
 The options can be used in any combination and in any order. The first option does not require a
comma, but the second and remaining options do require a comma before the option.
 The source command is required before each use of the restore command.
 If you are using the restore command with the Storage Mirroring DTCL interactive or batch
client (
dtcl -i or dtcl -f), the command requires the original source option. This option is
not required if you are using the Text Client.
 Options that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.