Overview

Control-D uses restore missions to bring back copies of archived datasets from tape or cartridge to disk for online viewing or printing purposes.

Control-D uses your current backup product to perform the restore of the CDAM datasets. For example, if you use the DF/HSM backup product, Control-D will build and submit an DF/HSM batch job to perform the restore process.

When you restore a report, you are actually restoring the CDAM dataset in which the report is stored. Restore operations are performed in response to user requests issued from the History User Report List file. Restore missions analyze these requests when they are executed. In this phase, you will decide how and when the restore requests should be processed.