Introduction

As a Virtual Private Servers administrator, you have the luxury of restoring files directly from our disk and tape backups. We have created a file retrieval command called getback which will walk you through the file retrieval process step by step. To use getback, connect to your Virtual Private Servers via Telnet or SSH and run the getback command like this. % getback FILE-NAME(S) Substitute a single file or list of files FILE-NAME(S) above. getback will search the backup archives, find all matches, and display a date-sorted list of possible sources from which to restore the requested file(s). Both online (disk) and tape backup sources are listed. Online Backups If an online (disk) source is selected, the file is restored immediately. in the current directory (where you ran the getback command from), a directory named RESTORE_DIR will be created, where the restored file will be stored in a sub-directory based on where the file was located. For example, if you run "getback sendmail.cf" from your ~/etc directory, the restored file will be locate in ~/etc/RESTORE_DIR/etc/sendmail.cf Tape Backups If a tape backup is selected, an e-mail message is automatically sent to our Support Staff requesting the file(s) be restored from tape. The file(s) is usually restored within 2 business days. NOTE: A Service Charge is applicable when files are restored from tape backup. Restoring from disk backup is done free of charge.   Examples If you want to list all backups we have made of the file ~/www/htdocs/index.html, do the following. % getback /www/htdocs/index.html size modified file 10) 26 Nov 1997, on tape (fee required) 46964 24 Nov 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 9) 2 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 46964 24 Nov 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 8) 7 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 46957 6 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 7) 13 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 51730 12 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 6) 20 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 50766 19 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 5) 31 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 51003 19 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 4) 10 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required) 30019 6 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 3) 16 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required) 30247 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 2) 16 Jan 1998, online 30247 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html 1) 17 Jan 1998, online 30247 6 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/index.html Enter location to get file(s) from, or 0 to quit: You can restore more than one file at a time. The following command lists the backup copies of both the ~/usr/mail/rus and ~/usr/mail/dave files. % getback /usr/mail/rus /usr/mail/dave size modified file 10) 26 Nov 1997, on tape (fee required) 59020 25 Nov 1997 usr/mail/rus 15803 26 Nov 1997 usr/mail/dave 9) 2 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 81871 1 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus 6273 2 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave 8) 7 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 14870 6 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus 153284 7 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave 7) 13 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 76540 12 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus 3527 13 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave 6) 20 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 118765 19 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus 9390 20 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave 5) 31 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 41787 30 Dec 1997 usr/mail/rus 0 31 Dec 1997 usr/mail/dave 4) 10 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required) 0 9 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus 0 10 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave 3) 16 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required) 23028 15 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus 7251 16 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave 2) 16 Jan 1998, online 23028 15 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus 7251 16 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave 1) 17 Jan 1998, online 23028 15 Jan 1998 usr/mail/rus 28444 17 Jan 1998 usr/mail/dave Enter location to get file(s) from, or 0 to quit: You can also restore backup copies of an entire directory. % getback /www/htdocs/ size modified file 10) 26 Nov 1997, on tape (fee required) 9875108 26 Nov 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 9) 2 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 9958610 2 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 8) 7 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 12694619 7 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 7) 13 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 15148343 13 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 6) 20 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 16437181 20 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 5) 31 Dec 1997, on tape (fee required) 17627644 31 Dec 1997 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 4) 10 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required) 14711305 10 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 3) 16 Jan 1998, on tape (fee required) 14800035 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 2) 16 Jan 1998, online 14800035 16 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs 1) 17 Jan 1998, online 15181492 17 Jan 1998 usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs Enter location to get file(s) from, or 0 to quit: