Re: [Networker] Recover can't find volume after "scanner -m"?

In regard to: [Networker] Recover can't find volume after "scanner -m"?,...:

Anyways, I do a "scanner -v -m <device>", and then it loads back into the
media db. I go to the client, and do a "saveset" recover, using the GUI
client. I choose the proper date of the saveset; I specify the particular
files I want; I re-direct the files to a holding directory. "Required
volumes" shows me the volume I just scanned in. All things I've done
before.

I load and mount the tape, and tell the recover to start. And it tells me
the server can't find the volume. ...

Volume does show in the media db. Volume shows in drive (with the proper
volume label). I can view the savesets on the volume, and there is the
backup of the drive I am trying to recover from.

It *should* Just Work, yes?

So I missed something. But what?


I don't think you missed anything.  Based on the steps you've described,
it should be working.

I've seen this kind of thing a few times, though it's been several years
now since the last time, and generally it's been a problem with the media
database.

I would verify that you don't have two volumes with the save volume name
or barcode, or some other kind of duplication that might be confusing
NetWorker.  On UNIX or Linux, doing something like

        mminfo -a -r volume | wc -l

will tell you the total number of volume names, so if you then do

        mminfo -a -r volume | sort -u | wc -l

and the number is different, you have some type of duplication.  Repeating
the same steps but querying on barcode or volid is also useful (though I
suspect it's not possible for volid to be duplicated).

You might also try a

        nsrim -vX

Tim
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