st restore
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Restores specified authority or a container from the specified backup directory. When restoring an authority, the target authority must exist. Similarly, when restoring a container, the target container must exist. If /overwrite option is specified, existing entities will be updated.
st restore <authorityid> [<containerid>] <backup-directory>
[/overwrite] [/parallel:<num>]
<credentials>
[/REST | /SOAP] [/parallel:<number>] [/verbose]
Examples
Examples of the restore command are given below.
Example 1 Restore an authority
The following command restores myauth authority from the backup in MyBackupFolder.
cmdPrompt>st restore myauth .\MyBackupFolder /host:data.database.windows.net /user:username
Example 2 Restore a container
The following command restores c1 container in myauth authority from the backup in MyBackupFolder.
cmdPrompt>st restore myauth c1 .\MyBackupFolder /host:data.database.windows.net /user:username