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Restoring Files from Magneto-Optical Disk (MOSET and NAME)

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To RESTORE files from magneto-optical devices, use the MOSET parameters in the RESTORE command to reference the devices. Use of the MOSET parameters is explained in the following pages.

Specifying the Magneto-Optical Device

Normally, you do not need to designate a specific device or LDEV when restoring from a magneto-optical device. You use the MOSET option to indicate a magneto-optical device. You do not use file equations as you do when using tape drives. Nor do you use the RESTORESET option to back reference the device. Instead, you specify that the RESTORE is to be from the MO device through the MOSET option of the RESTORE command. For example:

   ;MOSET=(MO)

If you must specify the LDEV, (for example, you have multiple magneto-optical devices and media is not loaded in the magneto-optical device), the MOSET option can be used to specify the LDEV number. For example:

   ;MOSET=(101)

Specifying the Backup Name

The media name you specified with the STORE command is required when restoring from a magneto-optical device. Use the NAME option to indicate the logical tape name from which the RESTORE is to be done. For example:

   ;NAME=BK1130PM.D23OCT90.KING

If the media is not loaded in the magneto-optical device at the time the RESTORE is started, you are prompted to mount the media. For example:

23:24/#S1/51/MOUNT THE MEDIA LABELLED BK1130PM.D23OCT90.KING IN THE MAILSLOT OF LDEV 101 (Y/N)?

After you load the correct media in the magneto-optical device, reply to the message.

When the specific media is no longer required, it ejects to the devices mail slot. The media is returned to the storage slot or mail slot depending on where the specific media was loaded.

Restoring from a Single Magneto-Optical Device

The following example illustrates the RESTORE command to RESTORE files from a single magneto-optical device.

   :RESTORE; @.@.@;MOSET=(MO);NAME=BK1130PM.D23OCT90.KING

Restoring from Multiple Devices

Multiple magneto-optical devices can be used in parallel for restores by specifying each magneto-optical device drive with the MOSET option. The following example illustrates the RESTORE command using two magneto-optical devices in parallel:

   :RESTORE;@.@.@;MOSET=(MO,MO);NAME=BK1130PM.D23OCT90.KING

Using this command, both drives will be restoring simultaneously.

NOTE: Restoring from sequential magneto-optical devices is no longer supported.
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