restoresnapshots CLI command

Use this command to restore data from archives for a specified period. You can also use this command to see the status of or cancel an ongoing restore process. 

Related topic

Archiving-data

Syntax

Note

Before you run the command, note the following points:

restoresnapshots -u <username> -w <password> -p <port> -d <hostname> -action <action> -l [locale] -s[Protocol to connect with IT Data Analytics] -retentionDays [number of days]


  • Angle brackets (< >) indicate a variable value that needs to be user defined.
  • Square brackets ([ ]) indicate optional parameters.

The following table describes the parameters used in the syntax:

Example inputs

The following example provides the input for restoring data for a specified period:

restoresnapshots -u admin -w admin12345 -p 9797 -d localhost -action restore -startDate 2016-10-10 -endDate 2016-12-12 -retentionDays 4

The following example provides the input to get the status of the ongoing restore process:

restoresnapshots -u admin -w admin12345 -p 9797 -d localhost -action status -retentionDays 4

The following example provides the input to cancel the ongoing restore process:

restoresnapshots -u admin -w admin12345 -p 9797 -d localhost -action cancel -retentionDays 4

 

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