Delete the client. 

Run the scanner at follows. 

Scanner -I -c original client name. Once the scanner starts control C out of 
it. 

Then run mminfo -r"clientid" -q"client=clientname"  This should produce the 
original clientid. 

Create the client with the original clientID. 

EDWARD COTY 
LEAD STORAGE ENGINEER, LCNA, NACP 
WORK - 973-533-2098 
CELL - 973-296-0918 
EDWARD.COTY AT AIG DOT COM 

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Browning, David
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:03 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] old index restore, deleted client

I'm having a brain spasm, and can't quite figure this one out. 

We do restores of old client indexes all the time, using the nsrck -L7
-t (date) command, and it has never failed, until today.  We are trying
to go back to 2005, and as I said, we've done this before.

My guess is that we must have deleted the original client, then added it
back in a couple of years ago, and it came up with a different client
id.  Otherwise, the nsrck -L7 command would work.  I don't know the
client id from 2005, so I can't check this for sure.

Questions - I see the index on an old tape - can I do a saveset recover
on an index file?  Or should I simply scan in the tape (takes a long
time, so I'd rather not do this).  

Any other ideas would be appreciated. 

David M. Browning Jr.
IT Project Coordinator Enterprise Backups and Help Desk

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