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Re: [Networker] command line recover options?

2008-06-25 15:31:56
Subject: Re: [Networker] command line recover options?
From: MIchael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:28:48 -0400
"Landwehr, Jerome" <jlandweh AT harris DOT com> wrote on 06/25/2008 03:22:34 PM:

> from the man page, it looks like you want this type of command
> 
> NAME
>      recover - browse and recover NetWorker files
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      recover [-f] [-n] [-u] [-q] [-i {nNyYrR}]  [-I  input  file]
>      [-d  destination] [-c client] [-x index-namespace] [-t date]
>      [ -s server] -a path...
> 
> 
> so I'd suggest this is what you'd want 
> 
> recover -f -d F: -c OLD -s NWSERVER -a F:

Pretty much what I wrote, then. Good! I was reading it correctly. :-)

> 
> 
> and yes, this will get all subdirectories of the client's F: drive
> 
> 
> if you wanted to _not_ get some directories, the best you could do is
> specify every path you _do_ want and use the -I option:
> 
>      -I input file
>           Takes the paths to recover from the command  line,  and
>           read  paths  to recover from the named file.  The paths
>           must be listed one per line.  If no paths are specified
>           on the command line, then only those paths specified in
>           the file will be recovered.  To be used in  conjunction
>           with -a option.

Blech. I have 33 sub-directories, and want only 31. So now I have to 
specify all 31 in a file, instead of something like "-exclude paths".

Thanks for the help.

> 
> 
> 
> cheers
> Jerry
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
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> Subject: [Networker] command line recover options?
> 
> 
> NW 7.4.2, on Win2003.
> 
> I need to do a command line recover (as a scheduled task), and I've
> always 
> ever used the GUI. What I need if to recover from client OLD, drive F:
> and 
> all sub-directories, to be recovered to the NetWorker server, drive F:
> and 
> all subdirectories.
> 
> From the NW server, would this do what I want?
> 
> recover -a -f -s NWSERVER -c OLD F: -d F:
> 
> Would this restore all the files that were most recently backed up from 
> the client OLD, drive F:, to the NW server, on it's drive F:? I'm not 
> seeing (or more likely, not understanding) which option to use to tell
> it 
> that I want the entire contents of F: (i.e, all sub-directories of F:).
> 
> If I want to exclude 2 specific folders on F: from being restored, where
> I 
> do that?
> 
> Thanks. The Command Reference is suspiciously short on examples for this
> 
> command.
> 
> -- 
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
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