Networker

Re: [Networker] Why cant I change the browse time on this CFI?

2011-09-21 21:53:15
Subject: Re: [Networker] Why cant I change the browse time on this CFI?
From: George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:51:52 -0400
On 2011-09-21 17:09, jee wrote:
Hi George,

There is  not impact on the savesets other than not being browsable. The
savesets can be scanned to recreate index entries (the exception are
block-level savesets like NDMP and SnapImage)

Using the [store index entries  = off] option on the pool configuration, the
CFI is not updated during backups to that pool, but it doesn't affect the
information contained on the savesets. The  "metadata" is on the CFI.

So regardless of whether or not "Store index entries" is on or off for the pool, there's no difference in what gets written to tape, correct? Your ability to use 'scanner -i' to create index entries is not going to be any different, and won't take any longer, than it would have if you'd had "Store index entries" turned on when the data was originally written to tape. As far as the tape is concerned, there's no difference, just that the CFI on disk will not get populated.

George


jee




On Wednesday 21 September 2011 20:39:26 Tim Mooney wrote:
Are you seriously saying that "Store index entries" for a pool conflates
with "don't save any metadata?".  That would mean that saveset recoveries
would be pretty useless too, wouldn't it?

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