AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Using Your Tape Gateway
In the navigation pane of the Storage Gateway console, choose
Tapes
. Verify that your archived tape's
status is
ARCHIVED
.
Restoring Data from a Tape
You can restore data from a tape that has never been archived and retrieved, or from a tape that has
been archived and retrieved. For tapes that have never been archived and retrieved (nonretrieved tapes),
you have two options to restore the data:
• Restore by subclient
• Restore by job ID
To restore data from a nonretrieved tape by subclient
1. In the CommCell browser, choose
Client Computers
, and then choose your client computer. Choose
File System
, and then choose
defaultBackupSet.
2. Open the context (right-click) menu for your subclient, choose
Browse and Restore
, and then choose
View Content
.
3. Choose the files you want to restore, and then choose
Recover All Selected
.
4. Choose
Home
, and then choose
Job Controller
to monitor the status of your restore job.
To restore data from a nonretrieved tape by job ID
1. In the CommCell browser, choose
Client Computers
, and then choose your client computer. Right-
click
File System
, choose
View
, and then choose
Backup History
.
2. In the
Backup Type
category, choose the type of backup jobs you want, and then choose
OK
. A tab
with the history of backup jobs appears.
3. Find the
Job ID
you want to restore, right-click it, and then choose
Browse and Restore
.
4. In the
Browse and Restore Options
dialog box, choose
View Content
.
5. Choose the files that you want to restore, and then choose
Recover All Selected
.
6. Choose
Home
, and then choose
Job Controller
to monitor the status of your restore job.
To restore data from an archived and retrieved tape
1. In the CommCell browser, choose
Storage Resources
, choose
Libraries
, and then choose
Your
library
. Choose
Media By Location
, and then choose
Media In Library
.
2. Right-click the retrieved tape, choose
All Tasks
, and then choose
Catalog.
3. In the
Catalog Media
dialog box, choose
Catalog only
, and then choose
OK
.
4. Choose
CommCell Home
, and then choose
Job Controller
to monitor the status of your restore job.
5. After the job succeeds, open the context (right-click) menu for your tape, choose
View
, and then
choose
View Catalog Contents
. Take note of the
Job ID
value for use later.
6. Choose
Recatalog/Merge
. Make sure that
Merge only
is chosen in the
Catalog Media
dialog box.
7. Choose
Home
, and then choose
Job Controller
to monitor the status of your restore job.
8. After the job succeeds, choose
CommCell Home
, choose
Control Panel
, and then choose
Browse/
Search/Recovery
.
9. Choose
Show aged data during browse and recovery
, choose
OK
, and then close the
Control
Panel
.
10. In the CommCell browser, right-click
Client Computers
, and then choose your client computer.
Choose
View
, and then choose
Job History
.
11. In the
Job History Filter
dialog box, choose
Advanced
.
12. Choose
Include Aged Data
, and then choose
OK
.
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