> It then loaded FUL720, cranked on that for a long time and finished. Of
> course, I'm missing some data, most likely from FUL718, and the
> recovered directory is still listed with permissions: drwx------ root
> root, so it's incomplete. It would be nice to be able to go back and
> re-try that one tape, but I don't know how since all the pieces have
> same SSID, probably can't do this? I do have a full from further back
> that I could try, but would need to also capture all incrementals after
> that up to the start of the next full -- the one listed above. That's a
> lot of work but might be the only way?

Well...

If you have file indexes, you could compare what you've got with what's
in the saveset, then try some recoveries of those files.  Networker
knows where the files are and will only use that tape.

Another method would be to use 'scanner' on that volume/ssid, feed it
into uasm, and drop the data onto the disk.  You can start the scanner
at any point on the tape, so if there's just a bad spot at the
beginning, it could start reading at file #5 or file #6 say.  That won't
tell you what you're missing, but it might recover more stuff.

> This got me thinking about what would happen if none of the tapes had
> problems, but maybe one of the drives did. It would be nice if NetWorker
> would allow you to re-start the recovery of the huge saveset from where
> you left off or just re-do the recovery of the piece of the saveset
> located on the tape that was in the drive when the problem occurred
> without having to start all over again from scratch.

Hmmm.

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