On Friday 15 April 2011 09:39:22 you wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> > what version/build of Nw are you using on the server (and the client)?
>
> The version is 7.3.2, so fairly old!
>
...fairly old, unsupported and unreliable. Do you have a copy of Nw 7.4.5 ?
mminfo doesn't show the backup level...not sure if this is ok. Was this a 
client initiated  backup or did it run from a group.

This looks like a bug. An upgrade to 7.4.5 may resolve  the issue.

Have tou tried a  saveset recover? you can relocate it to a different 
directory and even specify the path to the file or directory if you know it



> >that saveset from April 4th was already browsable before the scanner
> > command
>
> ran?
> I think so. Why do you ask?!
>
I just wanted to know the right details
 
> >what is the output of the following command?
>
> # nsrinfo -t "01/27/11 23:00:02" glass | more
> scanning client `glass' for savetime 1296169202(Thu Jan 27 23:00:02 2011)
> from t he backup namespace
> /nfs/glass/sws/lost+found/
> ...
> Then a file by file list of the saveset
>
> >and just in case, try doing a recover of the index using nsrck -L7? then
> > use nsrinfo and mminfo to check the saveset.
>
> Already done this.
>
> # mminfo -v -q 'ssid=893516017'
>  volume        client           date     time         size ssid      fl  
> lvl name LBS124         glass             27/01/11 23:00:02 4650 MB
> 893516017 cb       /nfs/glass/sws
>

   

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