Networker

Re: [Networker] Q about a storage node for restore only

2009-11-18 14:54:13
Subject: Re: [Networker] Q about a storage node for restore only
From: MIchael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:52:02 -0500
Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT uvm DOT edu> wrote on 11/18/2009 02:47:43 PM:

> On 11/18/09 2:33 PM, MIchael Leone wrote:
> > Thanks. We'll see how a recover goes. I'll put the tape I want in that 

> > drive, go to the client I want to recover onto, and see if it all Just 

> > Works ...
> > 
> 
> Rule 1 of where to recover from in NetWorker is that if the volume you 
> need is already mounted -- you recover from there (well as long as that 
> storagenode is legal for the client to use).

Yeah, I had to add that tape drive to the pool I want to recover from, in 
order to mount the volume. I suppose as long as I leave no volumes in that 
drive, Networker won't try to back up onto that drive, when the backup for 
that pool starts tonight.

That's what I'm worried about ...

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