On 10/11/11 14:28, Michael Leone wrote:
> Looking for verification. I need to do a restore from a tape that has 
> expired. Ordinarily, I would change the expiration dates on the CFI 
> saveset, and the saveset I want to recover, and nsrck -L7. Unfortunately, 
> I recalled the wrong tape .. and we're closed tomorrow, and I wouldn't get 
> the tape until Monday.
> 
> What I do have, though, are the tapes with the actual data savesets on 
> them. So, to avoid waiting days for a index tape to come back, I should be 
> able to do:
> 
> Scanner -i -S <saveset ID I need> \\Tape2147483636 (i.e., the tape device 
> as shown in NMC; I would be doing this from Windows)
> 
> And that should rebuild just the index I need, and I can then do a 
> recover? (I don't want the entire saveset, only 1 file in it). That should 
> rebuild the index; I can then change it's expiration; browse using the GUI 
> to the file I want, and go.
> 
> Yes?
> (Been a long time since I've had to do a scanner command like that)
> 
> 

Yes, that should work.

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