Linux: Restore and delete data

To generate a list of all backed up files for the current folder you are in, the following command is executed as root user:

dsmc q backup "*"
dsmc q backup "*" -subdir=yes

Likewise, the command can be carried out for your backed-up file systems, for example /. Should you additionally use the parameter -subdir=yes a very long list may be output. Therefore, use this parameter with caution.

dsmc q backup "/"
dsmc q backup "/" -subdir=yes

You can get an overview of existing file systems via:

dsmc q fi

In addition to the last version backed up, there are also several previous versions in the backup, which you can display with the command below:

dsmc q backup test.file -inactive

To restore the last version of the file that was backed up, the

dsmc restore test.file test.file_restore -latest

will be executed. For older versions you can for example use the interactive menu:

dsmc restore test.file test.file_restore -pick

The above commands have always been presented with the option to rename the newly created file (in test.file_restore). If you want to overwrite the one file, you only need the following syntax:

dsmc restore test.file -latest

To retrieve a file from the archive, you should first view the file system list of all backed up file systems in the backup as root user:

dsmc q fi

To display all archives in the folder you are currently in, use the syntax:

dsmc q archive "*"

If you want to restore archives outside your current folder, you must either specify the exact path to it or search the entire file system:

dsmc q archive "/home/user/*"
dsmc q archive "/*"

To list all backed up files within the archives, use the following command:

dsmc q archive "*" -subdir=yes

To retrieve individual files, it is best to use the interactive menu, which you can start as follows:

dsmc retrieve "*" -pick

To restore entire archives with a specific description, execute the following command:

dsmc retrieve "*" -pick -subdir=yes desc="Archiv_1"
dsmc retrieve "*" -pick -subdir=yes desc="2018-01-01"

The description is to the right of the archive/file name and, for archives without a description, consists of the date of the backup day.

To remove backed up data from your ISP account, first display a list of the backed up files in the desired folder or file system:

dsmc q backup "*" -inactive -subdir=yes
dsmc q backup "/*" -inactive -subdir=yes

To delete folders or files, use the commands listed below, distinguishing between

• all versions,
• only inactive versions (= previous versions or files already deleted on your system) or
• only active versions (= the last saved version of a file that existed on your system at the time of the last backup).

of the files concerned is differentiated:

dsmc del backup "/home/user/*" -deltype=ALL
dsmc del backup "/home/user/*" -deltype=INACTIVE
dsmc del backup "/home/user/*" -deltype=ACTIVE

To remove saved archives from your ISP account, first display the file systems available for your PC and then the corresponding archives in the desired file system:

dsmc q fi
dsmc q archive "/*"
dsmc q archive "/*" -subdir=yes

To delete individual files or folders from all archives, use one of the following commands:

dsmc del archive "/home/user/test.file"
dsmc del archive "/home/*" -subdir=yes

If a file or folder is to be deleted from a specific archive only, use the following syntax:

dsmc del archive "/home/user/test.file" -description="Archiv_1"
dsmc del archive "/home/*" -subdir=yes -description="2018-01-01"

For the complete deletion of archives with the help of the archive description use:

dsmc del archive "/*" -subdir=yes -desc="Archiv_1"

If an interactive menu is more to your liking, you can also remove the desired files using the following command:

dsmc del archive "/*" -subdir=yes -pick

To remove all backed up archive data and backup data from a file system from your ISP account, execute the following command as root user and follow the instructions in the interactive menu.

dsmc del fi