## autorecover

### Use

You start the automatic recovery of the database instance.

The system uses the backup history to determine which backups to use for the recovery. If the backups are files or were created with third-party backup tools, the system also checks whether the corresponding backups can be accessed.

See also:

Concepts of the Database System, Backing Up and Restoring

### Prerequisites

● You have the server authorization Recovery.

● You have opened a database session (see: db_connect).

### Syntax

autorecover [LOG] [UNTIL <date> <time>] [<backup_spec>]

<backup_spec> :: = <key_label_spec> | IBID <backup_ID>

<key_label_spec> :: = KEY <key> LABEL <label>

Options

Option | Description
LOG | Only log backups are used to recover the database instance. The Database Manager default value uses data and log backups.
UNTIL <date> <time> <date> ::= <yyyymmdd> <time> ::= <hhmmss> | All database system content up to this point in time will be recovered. <date>: year, month, day <time>: hours, minutes, seconds If you do not specify this option, the Database Manager uses all available data and log backups and the content of the log volume to restore the most recent possible state.
KEY <key> | Key of the first backup to be read You can find this value in the backup history
LABEL <label> | Backup ID of the first backup to be read You can find this value in the backup history
IBID <backup_ID> | Backup ID consisting of a <key> and a <label>, separated by a vertical slash (|) This notation refers to the output in the backup history and makes it possible to simply copy this specification from the backup history to the DBM command.

### Reply

OK

Returncode <value>

Date [<value>]

Time [<value>]

Server [<value>]

Database [<value>]

Kernel Version [<value>]

Pages Transferred [<value>]

Pages Left [<value>]

Volume Count [<value>]

Medianame [<value>]

Location [<value>]

Errortext [<value>]

Label [<value>]

Is Consistent [<value>]

First LOG Page [<value>]

Last LOG Page [<value>]

DB Stamp 1 Date [<value>]

DB Stamp 1 Time [<value>]

DB Stamp 2 Date [<value>]

DB Stamp 2 Time [<value>]

Page Count [<value>]

Devices Used [<value>]

Values for the Reply Fields

Field | Description
Date | Date
Time | Start time of backup
Server | Name of the database computer
Database | Name of the database instance
Kernel Version | Version of the database kernel
Pages Transferred | Number of pages transferred
Pages Left | Number of pages still to be transferred
Volumes | Number of data carriers used
Medianame | Name of the backup template.
Location | File or device name
Errortext | Error message text
Label | Backup ID
Is Consistent | For data backup only: backup is internally consistent
First LOG Page | For data backup: first page of log backup to be imported For log backup: first page saved in log
Last LOG Page | For log backup only: last page saved in log
DB Stamp 1 Date DB Stamp 1 Time | Time stamp for first page of log backup
DB Stamp 2 Date DB Stamp 2 Time | Time stamp for last page of log backup
Page Count | Total number of pages backed up
Devices Used | Number of backup devices used
Database ID | Database ID used to identify data and log backups that belong together

In the event of errors, see Reply Format.