Solution found. EMC provided a slightly newer version, and then the
restore succeeds if the destination is a compressed volume. A bit of a
pain, but it's better than loosing the files completely...

 

From: Fazil.Saiyed AT anixter DOT com [mailto:Fazil.Saiyed AT anixter DOT com] 
Sent: November 2, 2007 10:10 AM
To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Paul Steele
Cc: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Broken Pipe Error

 


Hello, 
Have you used scanner to rebuild the indexes, set the client browse and
retention to match and attempted directed restore, do you see the files
in directed restore ? Only for the files you are running into problem
with ? 
How about cleaning your drives prior to restore ? ( long shot but atlest
you can eliminate any issues with drives) 
Do you know how old the data is ? what version of tape drivers were used
while backup, any other differences that you can overcome without
disrupting the backup environment ? Since this restore is critical for
you, it may be worth taking additional steps to get to the data. 
Are you recovering over the lan ? if so can you recover to local server
? to eliminate any Network issues such as resets, errors that can break
the restore process ? 
HTH


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