Re: [Networker] Can I restore *just* directives?

EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
07/17/2008 12:26:16 PM:

> I'm sure someone's going to hate me for giving away the keys to the 
> kingdom with this one.. :-)
> 
> Here's an nsradmin trick that will make some of you cry because you 
> haven't used it before...
> 
> From an earlier message it appears you still have the old networker 
> server running. Here's what you do:

I do. I'd have to run a mmrecov on the old server, from a bootstrap backup 
that has the definitions (because in trying to fix it, I mmrecov'ed it to 
a point in time *before* the directives were put in).

> 1. On your old server, create a file with only one line "print type:
> nsr directive;" (without the quotes)
> 2. nsradmin -i filename > secondfilename
> 3. Copy this file to the new server.
> 4. Edit this file (hopefully vi, but any editor will do)
> 5. Change all occurrences of "type:" to "create type:" (again 
> without the quotes) and save the file.
> 6. nsradmin -i secondfilename
> 7. Grab your favorite tasty beverage
> 
> What's so great about doing it this way as opposed to copying DB 
> files (which will probably work too)? It should be completely 
> supported by EMC as this is just a function of nsradmin, whereas 
> moving around DB files really shouldn't be supported.

Sounds neat! I will investigate ... Thanks!

> 
> This trick also works for transferring hundreds of clients from one 
> server to another (I know, I've done this), but may require a little
> more editing of the secondfilename file. (Removing the lines with 
> unique ids). -Just do a practice run from within nsradmin to create 
> one and you'll see what fields are required.
> 
> Oh yeah, one fair warning... before you go off and decide to never 
> use the GUI again, remember "With great power comes great 
> responsibility".. i.e. if you screw up, by editing thousands of 
> clients, you have to fix that screw-up. 
> 
> Happy Hunting,
>  -Will
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On
> Behalf Of Howard Martin
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:37 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Can I restore *just* directives?
> 
> 
> you could recover the /nsr/res/nsrdb directories to a temp. location, 
then 
> grep for "NSR directive" in the files this should show all the files 
that 
> contain directives.
> If you have no file name clashes you might be able to copy them in to 
the 
> new nsr/res/nsrdb restart Networker and see if it is happy (copy the new 

> nsrdb first of course). - Never tried it but it might work.
> Otherwise you can use the contentents of the files to paste into the GUI 

> or via nsradmin.
> 
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:22:20 -0400, MIchael Leone 
> <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> wrote:
> 
> >My NetWorker server somehow becames do incredibly corrupt, that even a
> >mmrecov didn't help (I think it's actuallly an OS issue, as my server
> >would slow down so much that NW woulld lose connectivity to itself, the
> >console would shut down, a couple times it even rebooted. Anyway ....). 
So
> >I have completely rebuilt my NW server, manually adding clients, jobs,
> >etc.
> >
> >I used to have a set of directives, that would ignore certain open 
files
> >(temp files, locks, etc). Unfortunately, during my attempts at fixing, 
I
> >had to mmrecov my old server with an older tape, and they all got 
written
> >over. But I have other bootstrap tapes from before the corruption 
started,
> >that should have the directives on them.
> >
> >SO my question - how can I retrieve *just* the directives from my old
> >bootstrap tape? I don't trust the validity of the mm database (hence my
> >clean break, and re-install, and Tech Support concurred), but I really
> >don't feel like re-entering all the directives. So is there any way to
> >restore just the directives, and re-direct them to a new directory?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >--
> >Michael Leone
> >Network Administrator, ISM
> >Philadelphia Housing Authority
> >2500 Jackson St
> >Philadelphia, PA 19145
> >Tel:  215-684-4180
> >Cell: 215-252-0143
> ><mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
> >
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