[Veritas-bu] Restore from Terminated Job

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Hi Robert,

        Did you ever receive any directions on how to recover your data? I
am in a similar position in that we have large, multiplexed  backup that
failed just prior to completing(of course) and we want to recover the data.
In case this helps you, here is what I have so far from Veritas support:

"The ONLY possible way would be to try to duplicate the tape which would
take the multiplexing off and then use gnutar on that duplicated tape. I
have the feeling that the duplication may fail because the original backup
didn't finish. But this may be a shot."

        I plan on attempting this, but I also ran across the following
e-mail from this list that may also provide a method for us to recover our
data - I wanted to ask you and everyone out there first to see if you have
tried these methods with incomplete images -  I really don't want to import
garbage into my databases if I can avoid it in the first place:

 <<RE: [Veritas-bu] NB - restoring tapes that have expired>> 

        All suggestions greatly appreciated!

Thanks.
Grant Donaldson
Transport Canada,
Canada, eh!




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> From:         Robert Westling[SMTP:rwestling AT mlp DOT com]
> Reply To:     rwestling AT mlp DOT com
> Sent:         Monday, June 04, 2001 2:31 PM
> To:   veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject:      [Veritas-bu] Restore from Terminated Job
> 
> A job was terminated after running for thirty minutes.  5 fragments were
> written to tape.  Is there a way to retrieve data from these five
> fragments?  Will importing the tape do it?  We need to recover data that
> may have been backed up in one of these fragments.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert Westling
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Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NB - restoring tapes that have expired
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 12:49:06 -0400 
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There are two was to import media, the first is from the Netbackup Admin
GUI, the second is via command line. Please review both options, we'd prefer

you to use the GUI.

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GUI:
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For instructions on the GUI you can check Help, Index, Importing Images
(Phase 1 and Phase 2).

If you have multiple tapes to do enter them all with Phase 1 and then run
Phase 2.
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Command Line:
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There are two phases to the image import process when you import an expired
media id from the command line just as when you import an expired media id
from the gui. This means that you must run bpimport from the command line
twice with different arguements each time. The first run of bpimport
restores NBU media database  (../netbackup/db/media/mediaDB ) information.
The second run of bpimport restores NBU image database information
(../netbackup/db/images/"hostname(s)"/"encripted date"/"backup image admin
files: 2 per abckup image"). In the following example the master server name
is salmon and the media id being imported is 000003:

Phase 1

../netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -create_db_info -id 000003 -server salmon
-L /tmp/import_log


During this phase you can track th progress of the import by doing a more or
tail of the import_log being written to /tmp as the import progresses.

Phase 2

../netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport  -id 000003

With only the -id arguement on the command line, all of the backup images on
the media are imported into NBU.

../netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport  -id 000003 -backupid  salmon_0915650364

With the additional arguement -backupid followed by the name of a backup
imaghe that is known to be on the media (here it is salmon_0915650364) only
that specific backup image is imported into NBU. After phase one is
complete, you can get  a list of the names of the backup images that are on
the tape by running xbpadm and the choosing reports->images on media. Then
enter the media id and click on search.

Finally, I should note that importing media from the command line is not
formally supported by VERITAS. The fully supported method of importing media
is from the NBU gui.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smith, Jeffrey J" <jsmith AT c-soft DOT com>
To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NB - restoring tapes that have expired


> Has anyone restored data from a tape that is no longer listed in the
> Index?
>
> We have old tapes that we would like to restore data from, but the
> tapes have expired from a NB perspective. I would like to import a
> tape and recover data, but I'm not sure how to create an index of
> the contents of the tape(s).
>
> What's the proper way to import the tape and create the index?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Smith
>
>
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