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The Backup and DR Service Restore operation restores a backup image to the source,
overwriting whatever data exists there.
System limitations and workarounds
System databases on a root partition backed up as logical volume manager (LVM)
snapshots cannot be used in a restore operation because the
root partition cannot be unmounted. These require manual restore and recovery
from a standard mount back to the same host.
To recover a volume-level database image with less downtime for users, see
Mount and migrate other types of databases for instant recovery.
Restoring back to the source is not supported if multiple instances share
the same volume or file systems. To restore such applications, mount the image
to the host and use the procedure to perform single database recovery
detailed in
Restore a single database from a volume-based backup image to the source.
If there are nested mount points under the production volumes being backed
up, then restore and migrate operations back to the source fails because the
production volumes are busy and cannot be unmounted.
To restore /backup-disaster-recovery/docs/restore-data/otherdb-restore
Restore databases from a volume-level backup image to the source
This procedure uses physical recovery of the source data area. To recover
back to the source, follow these instructions:
From the App Manager Applications list, right-click the
protected database and select Access. Use the
Managed Backup Plan status filter to show only protected databases.
Select a snapshot image and click Restore.
Select Traditional—not mount and migrate.
If the source application is protected by a snapshot policy that has
enabled database log backups, and logs are available with the image,
you can use them to roll forward to a specific point in time by changing
these options in the Roll Forward Time section:
The date field contains all possible dates that the database can be
rolled forward to—through the application of database transaction
logs. Select which date you need the database to be rolled forward to.
The time field contains a slider showing all possible times on the
selected date that the database can be rolled forward to. If you select
the latest possible date and then move the slider to the right most
position, the restore job applies to all available logs. If you select
the earliest possible date and move the slider to the left most position,
the restore job applies no logs.
You can specify to roll forward using either User Time or Host Time.
User Time is relative to the local time of the current user.
Host time is relative to the system that hosts the data to be restored.
Enable Restore With Recovery to apply recovered logs.
Click Submit.
```sh ALTER DBSPACE IQ_SYSTEM_LOG RENAME /pitr_log_location SET OPTION PUBLIC.IQ_POINT_IN_TIME_RECOVERY_LOGGING = 'ON'```
Restore a single database from a volume-based backup image to the source
To restore a single Db2 or SAP ASE backup image to its source, follow these
steps:
From the App Manager Applications list, right-click the protected
database and select Access.
Select the latest snapshot to recover and click Mount.
In the Application Options, disable Create New Virtual Application.
In Mapping Options, provide the mount-point location.
For example, using /mymount mounts the database backup under this location.
The log backup is mounted under /mymount_archivelog.
Click Submit.
Check the Monitor>Jobs page to see when the mount job
is finished.
When the job is finished, log into the database server as root. On the
server, change directory to /act/custom_apps/<var>database type</var>/restore.
Get the JobID of the mount from /var/act/log/UDSAgent.log.
To find the JobID, run the following command:
grep"mount -t "/var/act/log/UDSAgent.log|grep-w"<var>mountpoint from step 4</var>"|tail-1
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These require manual restore and recovery\n from a standard mount back to the same host. \n\n To recover a volume-level database image with less downtime for users, see\n [Mount and migrate other types of databases for instant recovery](/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/restore-data/otherdb-mount-and-migrate).\n\n- Restoring back to the source is not supported if multiple instances share\n the same volume or file systems. To restore such applications, mount the image\n to the host and use the procedure to perform single database recovery\n detailed in\n [Restore a single database from a volume-based backup image to the source](#volume-based).\n\n- If there are nested mount points under the production volumes being backed\n up, then restore and migrate operations back to the source fails because the\n production volumes are busy and cannot be unmounted.\n\n- To restore /backup-disaster-recovery/docs/restore-data/otherdb-restore\n\nRestore databases from a volume-level backup image to the source\n----------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThis procedure uses physical recovery of the source data area. To recover\nback to the source, follow these instructions:\n\n1. From the **App Manager Applications** list, right-click the\n protected database and select **Access** . Use the\n **Managed Backup Plan** status filter to show only protected databases.\n\n2. Select a snapshot image and click **Restore**.\n\n3. Select **Traditional**---not mount and migrate.\n\n4. If the source application is protected by a snapshot policy that has\n enabled database log backups, and logs are available with the image,\n you can use them to roll forward to a specific point in time by changing\n these options in the **Roll Forward Time** section:\n\n - The date field contains all possible dates that the database can be rolled forward to---through the application of database transaction logs. Select which date you need the database to be rolled forward to.\n - The time field contains a slider showing all possible times on the selected date that the database can be rolled forward to. If you select the latest possible date and then move the slider to the right most position, the restore job applies to all available logs. If you select the earliest possible date and move the slider to the left most position, the restore job applies no logs.\n - You can specify to roll forward using either **User Time** or **Host Time** . **User Time** is relative to the local time of the current user. **Host time** is relative to the system that hosts the data to be restored.\n5. Enable **Restore With Recovery** to apply recovered logs.\n\n6. Click **Submit**.\n\n**Note:** SAP IQ only. After the database has been restored, SAP IQ PITR (point-in-time recovery) logging must be set to ON to take a log backup. To configure the PITR log option, you need these SAP IQ API: \n\n ```sh\n ALTER DBSPACE IQ_SYSTEM_LOG RENAME /\u003cvar label=\"point-in-time recovery log location\" translate=\"no\"\u003epitr_log_location\u003c/var\u003e\n SET OPTION PUBLIC.IQ_POINT_IN_TIME_RECOVERY_LOGGING = 'ON'\n ```\n\nRestore a single database from a volume-based backup image to the source\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTo restore a single Db2 or SAP ASE backup image to its source, follow these\nsteps:\n\n1. From the **App Manager Applications** list, right-click the protected\n database and select **Access**.\n\n | **Note:** You can use the **Managed Backup Plan** status filter to show only protected databases.\n2. Select the latest snapshot to recover and click **Mount**.\n\n3. In the **Application Options** , disable **Create New Virtual Application**.\n\n4. In **Mapping Options**, provide the mount-point location.\n\n For example, using `/mymount` mounts the database backup under this location.\n The log backup is mounted under `/mymount_archivelog`.\n5. Click **Submit**.\n\n6. Check the **Monitor** \\\u003e **Jobs** page to see when the mount job\n is finished.\n\n7. When the job is finished, log into the database server as root. On the\n server, change directory to `/act/custom_apps/\u003cvar\u003edatabase type\u003c/var\u003e/restore`.\n\n8. Get the `JobID` of the mount from `/var/act/log/UDSAgent.log`.\n To find the `JobID`, run the following command:\n\n grep \"mount -t \" /var/act/log/UDSAgent.log | grep -w \"\u003cvar\u003emountpoint from step 4\u003c/var\u003e\"|tail -1\n\n For example: \n\n grep \"mount -t \" /var/act/log/UDSAgent.log | grep -w \"/db2mnt\" |tail -1\n 2019-11-18 23:59:19.740 GEN-INFO \\[22488\\] **Job_0404207** Spawning cmd: mount -t ext4 /dev/act403764_DBDump_1574101677612/act_staging_vol /db2mnt 2\u003e&1\n\n9. `ARCHIVELOG_MNT` is `\u003cvar\u003emountpoint provided in step 4\u003c/var\u003e_archivelog`.\n\n10. From the target host command line as root, run the script:\n\n### IBM Db2\n\nScript: `act_db2_lvm_customdb_recovery.sh`\n\nArguments to the script: \n\n SOURCE_INSTANCE = \u003cvar\u003eDb2 Instance name\u003c/var\u003e\n DB_NAME=\u003cvar\u003eDb2 Database name to be recovered(Single)\u003c/var\u003e\n TARGET_MNT = \u003cvar\u003eDb2 Database image mountpoint name\u003c/var\u003e\n ARCHIVELOG_MNT= \u003cvar\u003eArchive Log backup mount point name\u003c/var\u003e\n UNTIL_TIME = \u003cvar\u003eRecovery Time(Format: \"YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MI.SS\")\u003c/var\u003e\n JOBID = \u003cvar\u003eDatabase mount Job name\u003c/var\u003e\n\nConnect to the Db2 instance and confirm that the databases are recovered\nand online. \n\n db2 connect to \u003cvar\u003edbname\u003c/var\u003e\n db2 select db_status FROM SYSIBMADM.SNAPDB\n\n### SAP ASE\n\nRun the script act_sybase_lvm_customdb_recovery.sh with these arguments. \n\n ./act_sybase_lvm_customdb_recovery.sh OSUSER=sybase\n TARGET_SYBASE_SQLD=/home/sybase/Sybase16Home/OCS-16_0 TARGET_MNT_PNT=/sngRst\n TARGET_SERVER_NAME=ASE1 TARGET_DB_USER=sa STRIPEON=4 TARGET_DBUSER_PASSWD=sybase\n SRC_DBNAME=CU1 LOG_BKP_MNTPT=/sngRst_archivelog UNTIL_TIME=\"2019-11-07 20:31:27\"\n BEGIN_TIME=\"2019-11-07 19:31:27\" JOBID=\"Job_2677627\"\n\nArguments to the script \n\n OSUSER = SAP Ase OS owner name\n TARGET_SYBASE_SQLD = SAP ASE iSQL path on the target recovery host\n TARGET_MNT_PNT = SAP ASE Instance image mountpoint name\n TARGET_SERVER_NAME = SAP ASE data server name on the target recovery host\n TARGET_DB_USER = SAP ASE Instance username on the target recovery host\n TARGET_DBUSER_PASSWD = SAP ASE Instance user password on the target recovery host\n SRC_DBNAME = SAP ASE Database name to be recovered (Single)\n LOG_BKP_MNTPT = SAP ASE Log image mountpoint name\n BEGIN_TIME= Backup begin time (Format: \"YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS\")\n UNTIL_TIME = Point in time to recover the database (Format: \"YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS\")\n JOBID = Database mount Job name\n\nConnect to the SAP ASE database and verify the data.\n\n1. In the management console, access the image again and **Unmount+Delete** the database mount point.\n\nRestore a file-based Full+Incremental backup image to the source\n----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n| **Note:** SAP ASE databases protected with Full+Incremental based backup must have the same character set or sort order for both the source and target databases for a successful restore. For details refer to [SAP Note: 1860413 - How to change character set or sort order of SAP ASE](https://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/knowledge/en/1860413).\n\nThis procedure overwrites the source data.\nTo restore the source database from a file-based backup image, follow\nthis procedure:\n\n1. From the **App Manager Applications** list, right-click the protected\n database and select **Access**.\n\n | **Note:** You can use the **Managed Backup Plan** status filter to show only protected databases.\n2. Select a snapshot image and click **Restore**.\n\n3. Select **Traditional**---not mount and migrate.\n\n4. Use **Select Items** to choose one or more databases to restore.\n\n5. Enable **Restore With Recovery** to apply all recovered logs.\n\n6. Click **Submit**. This starts the source database physical\n recovery using the database's recovery API.\n\n**Note:** SAP IQ only. After the database has been restored, SAP IQ PITR logging must be set to ON to take a log backup. To configure the PITR log option, you need these SAP IQ API: \n\n ALTER DBSPACE IQ_SYSTEM_LOG RENAME '/\u003cvar\u003epitr_log_location\u003c/var\u003e'\n SET OPTION PUBLIC.IQ_POINT_IN_TIME_RECOVERY_LOGGING = 'ON'"]]
