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Re: [Networker] [NetWorker 762] NDMP Restore: files are not restored despite a successful message

2011-12-05 10:30:00
Subject: Re: [Networker] [NetWorker 762] NDMP Restore: files are not restored despite a successful message
From: Venkat Tudi <venkat.tudi AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:26:15 -0500
Haha..
can not do a relocate. The Files has to be restored to same location.
I see what you are tying to do. Rename the exiting file or folder on NAS
and do the restore.  this willrestore the file.
-Venkat

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Abdellatif AIT EL BACHA <
aitelbacha_abdellatif AT infinibyte DOT ae> wrote:

> Hello All
>
>
>
> My environment:
>
>
>
> -          NW Server 762 on Windows 2008
>
> -          Data domain DDBoost devices
>
> -          EMC Celerra
>
>
>
> We are backing up the NAS using NDMP. The data are sent to a storage node
> running windows 2003 (NW 762) that stores the backup in a Data Domain
> device
> using DDBoost.
>
> The device is a non-NDMP.
>
>
>
> The backup runs successfully and 3 TB are backed up without any warnings or
> errors.
>
> Connecting to the storage node and running Networker user, we can browse
> the
> NDMP backup and select the files to restore. So far no problem.
>
>
>
> When we start the restore, the GUI hangs so we cannot monitor the progress.
> So after some time and lot of patience we decided to stop the restore and
> to
> try a single file restore rather than the entire folder that we wanted to
> restore.
>
> This is where it becomes weird. The restore runs successfully as per the
> messages that are displayed on the GUI but the file is not there. not
> restored where we expected it to be and nowhere else.
>
> We did several test with relocate to another folder.. Nothing despite the
> successful message.
>
>
>
> The NAS client configuration is:
>
>
>
> -          SaveSet: All
>
> -          Backup command: nsrndmp_save -c <client_name>  -P <Storage Node
> Name>  -M -T dump
>
> -          Application Information: HIST=y; UPDATE=y; DIRECT=y; DSA=y
>
>
>
> Again the backup is successful and the index is populated.
>
>
>
> I wanted to open a case with EMC support but just wanted to know if you
> guys
> have experienced this issue or if you have any idea or if I have
> "misconfigured" or forgotten something.
>
>
>
> Other weird behavior in NW762 with DDBoost:
>
> -          During a restore the Read Only device stays in "ready for
> reading, idle" during the restore (whatever you restore)
>
> -          The group details of an NDMP backup does not reflect the size of
> the data that were backed up. The group details in our case shows 350MB
> backed up (which is the CFI size) while the group actually backed up 3TB
>
>
>
> Thanks guys for any input!
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> A.AEB J
>
>
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-- 
Venkat Tudi

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