Restoring Client File Index

[Chacalinc]

Hi,

We are trying to recover the client file index of a OpenVMS client for a given save set. Data backed up has a retention policy of 1 year (so it is in tape and not marked as for recycled) but we can't browse the content in order to restore only one file. So what we did:

1. put the correct tape in the tape unit
2. ensured that the ssid is in the media index

mminfo -a -v volume.tape

2. with the ssid (we know it) issued:

scanner -i -S ssid \\.\Tape0

but when we try to browse it says that there are no data to browse... is the procedure well done? some step missing?

Pls help.

Chacal, Inc.

 

[Chacalinc]

BTW, it is Networker 6.3 for Windows (the server).

Chacal, Inc.

 

[605]

The procedure is o.k. although i would recommend to also apply "-v" for verbosity.

Assuming that you did not forget to setup the remote access rights for that client (directed recovery), i can't think of any reason why you can't browse.

However, can't you recover the save set to a temp. location and get the files from there?

 

[Chacalinc]

remote access rights? we are not doing a directed recovery, we are trying to recover to the same client (from the same client).

Cheers.

Chacal, Inc.

 

[Chacalinc]

so it is necessary to restart the networker server (the service) in order to re-read the indexes?

Cheers.

Chacal, Inc.

 

[Chacalinc]

one more thing, why do I get another client name in the mminfo query? I mean, NW server name is "server" and the OpenVMS client is "client", but in the mminfo query I get:

[tt]
A00033L1 server 03/01/2005 2000 MB 605274369 cb full DISK$DISCO_1:[000000]
A00033L1 server 03/01/2005 2000 MB 605274370 cb full DISK$DISCO_3:[000000]
A00033L1 server 03/01/2005 2000 MB 605274371 cb full DISK$AXPVMSSYS:[000000]
A00033L1 server 03/01/2005 2000 MB 605274372 cb full DISK$DISCO_2:[000000]
A00033L1 server 03/01/2005 2000 MB 605423105 cb full <1>DISK$DISCO_3:[000000]
A00033L1 server 03/01/2005 2000 MB 605440513 cb full <1>DISK$DISCO_1:[000000]
[/tt]

??

Chacal, Inc.

 

[605]

Will actually new index files be added to the CFI's \db6 directory?
If so, the scanner command works - for the CFI. Unfortunately, you can not easily see this on the media index. To sync the databases i would recommend to run "nsrck -X" (cross check).

 

[Chacalinc]

ok, I gonna try that.

Chacal, Inc.

 

[Chacalinc]

ufff... finally, as you posted 605 the procedure was ok, the problem was the client name. The customer had changed the client name so a directed recovery was needed. Everytihng is ok now.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers.

Chacal, Inc.