Brian,
   You may be looking for a file in a directory that has the same name
as a filesystem.

   Assume that /var is a filesystem with a directory named "/var/junk"
and has been backing up for a few years.  Someone comes along and
creates a new filesystem named "/var/junk" and mounts it over the
directory "/var/junk".  Backups continue for some time.  Now someone
wants a file restored from /var/junk when it was a subdirectory in the
/var filesystem.

   In order to restore a file from the FILESYSTEM /var/junk, you would
perform a regular restore.  Since they want a file from the DIRECTORY
/var/junk, you would need to look in the /var filesystem for the
/var/junk directory.  To specify the /var filesystem, you need to
enclose the filesystem variable in the query with braces "query backup
{/var}/junk/lostfile".  If you don't enclose the /var in braces, the
query will run against the /var/junk filesystem and you will never see
the file needing restore.

Cheers,
Neil Strand
Storage Engineer - Legg Mason
Baltimore, MD.
(410) 580-7491
Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Laks, Brian
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 5:46 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Find Lost Files

Is there a way to search for a file on a client?



I have a server that has had complete backups for a long time.
Recently, when trying to do a restore, I can find a particular directory
in which the user insists existed just a few weeks ago.



Yes, I selected inactive files in the GUI.



Maybe someone knows a way I can query where the file is.  I suspect the
file is there, it was just inadvertently moved to a different folder.  I
suppose its possibly on a different server, but that seems a bit much.



Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide



Brian Laks

Healthplan Services Open Systems Administration

Office: 813 289 1000 X2160

Cell: 813 417 8513

blaks AT healthplan DOT com




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