Use external restore commands

Use the ontape -p -e command to perform a cold external restore. This command marks the storage spaces as physically restored. The following diagram shows the external physical restore syntax.

Figure 1: Perform an external physical restore

1  -p -e
Element Purpose Key considerations
-e Specifies an external restore Must be used with the -p option.
-p Specifies a physical restore In a cold restore, if you do not specify storage space names, all of them are marked as restored. After the physical restore completes, you must perform a logical restore.

Use the ontape -l command to perform a logical restore. For more information, see ontape utility syntax: Perform a restore.