Restoring the dm files

Customized files that reside in the dm account must be restored to retain certain tailored system characteristics.

About this task

The following instructions for restoring customized files are generic. The actual messages that you will see differ from installation to installation. Therefore, the message dialogue is omitted.

These instructions describe the method of restoring the most common files. Proceed with this process only if you are familiar with the content of these data files and are certain that part or all of the content of the default files can be overwritten.

Use this procedure to restore the following:

users file for user-IDs (dm,users,).
tcl-stack file for users’ TCL stacks (dm,tcl-stack,).
devices file for terminal or printer devices (dm,devices,).
OSFI host definitions file (dm,hosts,).

Procedure

Insert the file-save tape.

Enter:

set-device device.number

To restore the user-coldstart macro item for custom startup routines, enter:

t-rew
sel-restore dm,, user-coldstart (o
Restore from F)ull/Account, I)ncremental or T)ransaction log (f/i/t): f
Account name on tape: dm
file name: <Enter>
Restore from incremental Save Tape (y/n)? n

To restore without overwriting the bp file for any custom programs in the dm,bp, file, enter:

t-rew
sel-restore dm,bp,
Restore from F)ull/Account, I)ncremental or T)ransaction log (f/i/t): f
Account name on tape: dm
file name: bp
Restore from incremental Save Tape (y/n)? n
Restore from transaction log tape (y/n)? n