Backup file used to restore data

Last Updated : Oct 02, 2024 |
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On the Restore Data page in the Maintenance subsystem, you can choose to restore from the last backup. CMS uses the following logic to determine which backup to use:
  • If found, CMS uses the backup file labeled with the latest full backup for the given server.
  • If the latest cannot be found, the previous full backup is used.
  • If no full backups can be located for the given server, the latest incremental backup is used.

List to manage which backup is used

To control which backup file is used, do not enable the option to restore from the last backup. Instead, create a file called restore_list on your storage device. Ensure that it contains the names of the files you want to restore from. These files must be listed in order, starting with the first backup file you want to restore from.
You can run a command to see the CMS maintenance backups on your server. For example, if maintenance backups on server finch begin on October 4 with a full backup followed by an incremental backup on October 6, October 8, and October 10, you can run the ls -rt *finch* command to see the backup files in your backup storage area. To create a list of these file names in the restore_list file, run the ls -rt *finch* > restore_list command.