Restoring Media Database and CFI ?? 1

[dcarlen]

Okay here we go,,, I am running legato 7.2.2 Jumbo on a 2003 platform. I have had to move my backup system to another system for hardware purposes.. I thought I carried all the indexes over.. well now my co. needs to recover some files from the past and i find out that i don't have some of my indexes.

I do still have the offsite tapes and am planning on rebuilding the db and indexes from them using the

scanner -m command what fun

Anyway I was wondering if there is any advice or tips that anybody could provide before i start the process..

This my first time attempting this type of recovery.


Thanks Dwayne

 

[Rif123]

Hi,

if you want to rebuild the client indexes too you should use -i, not -m.

Otherwise you will have to restore the index from tape after scanner -m with nsrck -L7. Verify that your offsite tapes also holds the indexes though, otherwise scanner -i is you only option.

 

[dcarlen]

The book reccomends restoring the db and indexes with the -m... followed by the -L 7. Is it possible to run both the -m and -i together. I have taught myself this backup solution so sometimes i may seem a little lacking of the knowledge.


Thanks Rif

 

[Chapter11]

If you're referring to the -i and -m flags for the "scanner" command, -i implies -m

-m is for recreating the media database entry for saveset(s)

-i is for recreating the client file indexes.

Having a client file index for a given saveset is dependent on having a media database entry for the saveset, so if you specify -i, the -m is automatically implied.

 

[605]

Same OS - where is the problem ...
- Assign the same name to the computer
- Install NW to the exact same directory as before
- Stop both NW servers
- Copy the ..\nsr path to the new machine
- Restart NW

Of course, this is not supported but it will work to the best of my knowledge.