Thanks you all for answers, I've just tested it by delete a aborted saveset and
notice the copies counter is decreased by one.
But I get an error when I try to get a list of all the aborted savesets via
this command
mminfo -ot -r "ssid,cloneid, clflags, copies, name,pool, savetime" -q
"clflags=a"
It seems that one can not query the clflags. Any idea how to extract the
aborted savesets??
Regards,
Ben Deng
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[mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]På vegne af Peter Viertel
Sendt: 6. juni 2006 13:28
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Emne: Re: [Networker] Copies counter for a saveset is incremented, even
after a failed clone
its a count of the number of clones that are in the media db - whether or not
they're good ones...
you can inspect the clflags of each clone - there should be no flags.... i
have a process where any clones which are incomplete or suspect get removed
using nsrmm -d -S ssid/cloneid and then the clones count goes down
automatically (note: while any cloning or staging commands are running,
half-done clones are marked incomplete so dont delete these!).
note well that clflags is a per-clone attribute while ssflags is shared by all
the clones of an ssid.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu]On Behalf Of Ben Deng
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2006 8:01 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu
> Subject: [Networker] Copies counter for a saveset is incremented, even
> after a failed clone
>
>
> Greeting everyone,
>
> I've just found out the copies counter isn't what i think it
> is designed to be in term of using it to determine which SSID
> is not clone yet. Especially in situation where a cloning
> process has failed. I would therefore like to ask any of you
> gurus how to overcome this problem??
>
> Regards
>
> Ben Deng
>
>
> ***From EMC Legato technical bulletin***
>
> Copies counter for a saveset is incremented, even after a
> failed clone
>
>
> Note: Fact: NetWorker
> Fact: cloning
> Fact: Using 'mminfo -q copies=1 -r ssid' to select save sets
> for cloning
> Fact: nsrclone
> Symptom: Copies counter for a saveset is incremented, even
> after a failed clone process
> Symptom: Manual nsrclone failed
> Fix: (Click Here To Go Back)
>
> The 'copies' counter in the media database is frequently
> being used to determine which save sets are not cloned yet.
> This is can be done by 'mminfo -q copies=1 -r ssid', this
> will create a list of saveset id of all the savesets without a clone.
>
> While it may be argued that the documentation may leave some
> room for interpretation on the meaning of the "copies
> counter", this counter is just a record of the number of
> "instances" of the cloning done for the saveset. It is not a
> record of 'successful' or 'incomplete' runs of cloning
> sessions for the particular saveset.
> This means that when a clone process fails or is cancelled
> for a specific saveset, the 'copies' counter will still be
> incremented. As a result the saveset does not have a valid
> clone but also does not show up anymore if the 'copies'
> counter is used to determine which saveset are not cloned yet.
>
> From a user point of view, this attribute, "copies" should
> only be used to check how many clones were done for a
> particular saveset and then it is up to the user to use other
> methods to check the validity of the clones - using "mminfo"
> on the cloneids and check the "ssflags". If it is only this
> counter that is used to determine what to clone or not, there
> is a change that there are savesets that end up without a valid clone!
>
> The various man pages that mention this 'copies' counter will
> be updated to reflect the meaning in more detail. Please
> contact LEGATO Software (Division of EMC) Customer Support
> for further details.
>
> A RFE (LGTpa62047) has been opened requesting a new counter
> that will only count the number of valid copies of a saveset.
> ***
>
>
>
>
>
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