TMF Reference Manual (G06.26+)

TMFCOM Commands
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RECOVER FILES
NOT file-set
identifies one or more files that are not to be recovered, whether or not they are
specified in file-set and regardless of their redo-needed or undo-needed
status. The NOT file-set list allows the same pattern-matching (wild-card)
characters described earlier in the discussion of the file-set option for this
command and the file-set option for the DUMP FILES command on page
3-150. The NOT file-set information cannot exceed the size of the SPI
message buffer that supports communication between TMFCOM and TMFSERVE,
which is 28 KB. If this limit is exceeded, TMFCOM displays Error Message 1050.
NOT <file-name>
identifies a file that contains one or more file-name patterns. These patterns, in
turn, designate files that are not to be recovered. If you specify the same file in
NOT <file-name> and in <file-name>, the file is not recovered. For more
information, see the <file-name> parameter description.
FROMARCHIVE
recovers all files requested, regardless of the flags set in the file labels, using the
relevant online dumps and audit trail dumps.
However, if you omit the FROMARCHIVE, TOFIRSTPURGE, TIME,
TOMATPOSITION, SERIAL, and MAP NAMES parameters from the RECOVER
FILES command, the only files recovered are those that have only the undo-
needed flag set in the file label; the file recovery process ignores all other files. To
recover those files with the undo-needed flag set, the file recovery process reads
the audit trail in reverse and applies compensating records (before images) to the
affected files.
Note. If you plan to refer to SQL/MX objects in a file-set list or a NOT file-set list,
you must use the Guardian names of the underlying files in all TMFCOM commands. You
can run the MXGNAMES utility to convert one or more objects’ ANSI names to their
underlying Guardian file names. You can then use the Guardian file names in the file-
set list or NOT file-set list. For convenience, MXGNAMES provides an option that
generates names formatted as TMF file-sets for direct use in TMFCOM commands. For
information about using MXGNAMES, see the SQL/MX Reference Manual.
Note. You must include the angle-brackets (“<“ and “>”) exactly as shown in the <file-
name> syntax, embedding the file name within these. For example:
RECOVER FILES <$BOULDER.SNOW.NPFILE>, NOT <$DVR.RAIN.NPX>
You cannot specify both the NOT file-set and the NOT <file-name > formats within
the same RECOVER FILES command.