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Re: [Networker] Restoring files made on a foreign NW server

2009-01-06 12:49:02
Subject: Re: [Networker] Restoring files made on a foreign NW server
From: Fazil Saiyed <Fazil.Saiyed AT ANIXTER DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:47:18 -0600
Hello,
There could be more to this but,
Have you tried to note down the SSID of the saveset and tried Saveset 
recover ?
When you re-created the client, did you give the proper name format i.e 
FQDN, does the name resolve properly ?
Have you applied proper aliases ? have  you run nsrck cmd against the new 
client to check the index ?
HTH



MIchael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> 
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Restoring files made on a foreign NW server






So I have a site that uses Networker Business Edition to back up itself, 
and a couple other servers on that particular site. And my main site here 
uses Networker Network Edition. So they are completely separate instances 
of Networker. (it was originally set up this way, rather than as just a 
storage node at a remote site, because of connectivity problems - I'm told 

that if the link between sites went down, then the remote site wouldn't 
back up).

Anyway, about a month ago we changed tape formats from SDLT to LTO-3. Now 
I have a need to restore from one of the old SDLT tapes. Due to a shortage 

of spare SDLT drives (and field personnel), I decided to import the files 
into my Networker server here, and then just do a recover of the files I 
need from here, onto the server at the remote site. I've recovered to 
remote Business Edition servers before, but never had to import their 
tapes before.

So I get the set of 4 tapes, and do a "scanner -m" on each tape. Then I do 

a "mminfo", listing fragflags, so that I can see the sequence of tapes 
that my saveset spans. Then I do a "scanner -i", on those tapes in 
sequence. This is the recommended method of importing tapes, AFAIK.  Then 
I create a new client, using the clientid I get from mminfo. And then I 
try and do a GUI recover from that client, redirecting to another client. 
And Networker tells me that it can't recover, as it can't find the index.

The saveset is named "F:\USERS", and I see it here:

C:\PHA Scripts>mminfo -v -q name="F:\USERS" -r 
client,clientid,name,volume,savetime
 client    client ID                       name volume           date
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\users 
NT8RC.FULL.220 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\users 
NT8RC.FULL.228 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\users 
NT8RC.FULL.231 11/21/2008

Yet, when I do a query based on the client name, I get this:

C:\PHA Scripts>mminfo -v -q client=~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 -r 

client,clientid,name,volume,savetime
 client    client ID                       name volume           date

<snipped>

~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\shares 
NT8RC.FULL.228 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\users 
NT8RC.FULL.228 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\shares 
NT8RC.FULL.231 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\users 
NT8RC.FULL.231 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 bootstrap 
NT8RC.FULL.243 11/22/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 bootstrap 
NT8RC.FULL.243 11/24/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 bootstrap 
NT8RC.FULL.243 11/24/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 F:\shares 
NT8RC.FULL.243 11/21/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 
index:~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.go
v-1 NT8RC.FULL.243 11/22/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 
index:~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.go
v-1 NT8RC.FULL.243 11/24/2008
~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1 
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 
index:~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.go
v-1 NT8RC.FULL.243 11/24/2008


If I look on the Business Edition server, it thinks that the clientid of 
the server where F:\USERS is located is:
fc159b3b-00000004-478b7799-478b7798-00010000-0a401005 (that's why I 
created the client "~admin_nt8rc.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov-1" with that 
clientid).

So I'm lost and confused as to why I can't do a recover, and why it thinks 

there is no index.  I see the index right there, in the last 3 lines 
above. I see the saveset, spanning across 3 of the 4 tapes, right there. 
What I'm not seeing, is why I can't recover the specific files within the 
"F:\USERS" saveset that I need ...

Advice? Clues? Free beer? :-)

-- 
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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