you could recover the /nsr/res/nsrdb directories to a temp. location, then 
grep for "NSR directive" in the files this should show all the files that 
contain directives.
If you have no file name clashes you might be able to copy them in to the 
new nsr/res/nsrdb restart Networker and see if it is happy (copy the new 
nsrdb first of course). - Never tried it but it might work.
Otherwise you can use the contentents of the files to paste into the GUI 
or via nsradmin.

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:22:20 -0400, MIchael Leone 
<Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> wrote:

>My NetWorker server somehow becames do incredibly corrupt, that even a
>mmrecov didn't help (I think it's actuallly an OS issue, as my server
>would slow down so much that NW woulld lose connectivity to itself, the
>console would shut down, a couple times it even rebooted. Anyway ....). So
>I have completely rebuilt my NW server, manually adding clients, jobs,
>etc.
>
>I used to have a set of directives, that would ignore certain open files
>(temp files, locks, etc). Unfortunately, during my attempts at fixing, I
>had to mmrecov my old server with an older tape, and they all got written
>over. But I have other bootstrap tapes from before the corruption started,
>that should have the directives on them.
>
>SO my question - how can I retrieve *just* the directives from my old
>bootstrap tape? I don't trust the validity of the mm database (hence my
>clean break, and re-install, and Tech Support concurred), but I really
>don't feel like re-entering all the directives. So is there any way to
>restore just the directives, and re-direct them to a new directory?
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Michael Leone
>Network Administrator, ISM
>Philadelphia Housing Authority
>2500 Jackson St
>Philadelphia, PA 19145
>Tel:  215-684-4180
>Cell: 215-252-0143
><mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
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