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Re: [Networker] Dumb question on a restore

2009-05-06 20:43:05
Subject: Re: [Networker] Dumb question on a restore
From: Ken Gehring <ken.gehring AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:36:22 -0600
As it turns out, changing the storagenode name from the short name to
FQDN seemed to solve the problem. Go figure...

Ken

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Craig Faller <craigf AT xsidata.com DOT au> 
wrote:
> Check the client definition for the system being recovered, if the
> "recover storage node" has not been populated then it will default and
> assume it matches the "storage node" attribute. As you mentioned the
> backups occur using the storage node, then this would follow this
> solution, if the "recover storage node" param was empty.
>
> There is also the "clone storage node" param than could be populated if
> you were wanting the staging to occur on the Storage node also, directly
> from the Disk to the Tapes.
>
> Note:  if the Disk devices are local to the Storage node as per your
> comment on where the backups occur, then performing the staging on the
> networker servers tape drives would mean the staging is occurring over
> LAN, from the Storage node devices to the Networker servers devices.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of Ken Gehring
> Sent: Thursday, 7 May 2009 5:50 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Dumb question on a restore
>
> The media is not on the storage node. I was staged off the adv_fs
> device to a tape on the server using nsrstage
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Smith, Al <Al.Smith AT timet DOT com> wrote:
>> Can you verify that the media is still on the adv_disk device?
>> Did you happen to stage it off or clone it off to physical media?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: EMC NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On
>> Behalf Of Ken Gehring
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:34 PM
>> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>> Subject: [Networker] Dumb question on a restore
>>
>>
>> It looks like we have a small issue with some restores (probably a
>> simple fix but...)
>> Anyways
>> networker 7.4.4 server on hpux 11i
>> 2 storage nodes (7.4.4) on linux (adv_disk devices)
>> Our slow clients backup to disk on a storage node, then the savesets
>> are staged to the networker server on to LTO tape.
>>
>> In doing a restore today, networker is asking for the tape on the
>> storage node rather than the server. I used to behave properly before
>> we upgraded from 7.2.2 to 7.4.4.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Ken
>>
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