ADSM-L

Re: File restore on NT4

1998-01-28 10:49:28
Subject: Re: File restore on NT4
From: Doug Thorneycroft <dthorneycroft AT LACSD DOT ORG>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 07:49:28 -0800
One other thing I've noticed on Version 3.
When you start the GUI, and display files for another node, using
Access another user, Inactive directories are not displayed. To
get around this, start the GUI using the -nodename= option.


Moir,Elizabeth wrote:
>
> A couple of things to check.
>
> 1.  If the files were deleted from the client after the backup took place but
> before the restore was attempted the status will be Inactive rather than
> Active.  ADSM defaults to displaying Active files only.  In the utilities
> drop down menu select to show Active and Inactive files.
>
> 2.  I've run into problems with this sometimes with my mouse clicking
> technique.  To display the files either click once on the "x'd" box to the
> left of the directory or double-click on the directory name itself.
>
> 3.  Check to make sure the options file that the backup used is the same as
> the optionis files the restore is using.  This may not have any influence in
> your shop, but we direct our workstation users to individual options files
> stored on a server and the installers sometimes have the service or the GUI
> properties pointing to the wrong file.
>
> 4.  If the files are being backed up via the ADSM scheduler, check the
> dsmsched.log file.  This has a list of the file names that were backed up.
>
> 5.  In your note you used the word "backup", but is it possible these files
> were archived?  If so, you would need to select retrieve from the FILE drop
> down menu rather than restore.
>
> These are just the things we check when it "appears" that someone's files
> aren't available for display.  Good luck.
>
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 01/28/98 03:21:38 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ INTERNET
> cc:
> Subject: File restore on NT4
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am facing a problem when attempting to restore files on an NT4 client.
> The back-up went right, and I can check that the NT4 client uses space
> on ADSM volumes. I can even see, via the 'query content' admin command,
> which files wre backed-up. However, when I try to restore some files,
> using the 'restore by tree' option of GUI client, I always get the same
> message : "There are no files to be displayed". Nowadays, IBM has no
> answer, does anybody on this list have any idea ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Didier
>
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