AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Using Your Tape Gateway
In the navigation pane of the Storage Gateway console, choose Tapes. Verify that your archived tape's
status is ARCHIVED.
Restoring Data from a Tape
You can restore data from a tape that has never been archived and retrieved, or from a tape that has
been archived and retrieved. For tapes that have never been archived and retrieved (nonretrieved tapes),
you have two options to restore the data:
• Restore by subclient
• Restore by job ID
To restore data from a nonretrieved tape by subclient
1. In the CommCell browser, choose Client Computers, and then choose your client computer. Choose
File System, and then choose defaultBackupSet.
2. Open the context (right-click) menu for your subclient, choose Browse and Restore, and then choose
View Content.
3. Choose the files you want to restore, and then choose Recover All Selected.
4. Choose Home, and then choose Job Controller to monitor the status of your restore job.
To restore data from a nonretrieved tape by job ID
1. In the CommCell browser, choose Client Computers, and then choose your client computer. Right-
click File System, choose View, and then choose Backup History.
2. In the Backup Type category, choose the type of backup jobs you want, and then choose OK. A tab
with the history of backup jobs appears.
3. Find the Job ID you want to restore, right-click it, and then choose Browse and Restore.
4. In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, choose View Content.
5. Choose the files that you want to restore, and then choose Recover All Selected.
6. Choose Home, and then choose Job Controller to monitor the status of your restore job.
To restore data from an archived and retrieved tape
1. In the CommCell browser, choose Storage Resources, choose Libraries, and then choose Your
library. Choose Media By Location, and then choose Media In Library.
2. Right-click the retrieved tape, choose All Tasks, and then choose Catalog.
3. In the Catalog Media dialog box, choose Catalog only, and then choose OK.
4. Choose CommCell Home, and then choose Job Controller to monitor the status of your restore job.
5. After the job succeeds, open the context (right-click) menu for your tape, choose View, and then
choose View Catalog Contents. Take note of the Job ID value for use later.
6. Choose Recatalog/Merge. Make sure that Merge only is chosen in the Catalog Media dialog box.
7. Choose Home, and then choose Job Controller to monitor the status of your restore job.
8. After the job succeeds, choose CommCell Home, choose Control Panel, and then choose Browse/
Search/Recovery.
9. Choose Show aged data during browse and recovery, choose OK, and then close the Control
Panel.
10. In the CommCell browser, right-click Client Computers, and then choose your client computer.
Choose View, and then choose Job History.
11. In the Job History Filter dialog box, choose Advanced.
12. Choose Include Aged Data, and then choose OK.
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