Christophe,

p> I execute a restore on a DB through the API (starting a service with
p> isc_action_svc_restore).

p> Once the operation is started on the server, the client (my program)
p> automatically receives the control back and is able to continue
p> processing. The restore is started asynchronously on the server.

you should keep fetching restore information items (possibly on a
separate thread); when they are over, then the restore is finished.
That's how FlameRobin does it.

Ciao
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