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[Networker] Scan order when rebuilding client file index via scanner?

2012-03-28 13:52:53
Subject: [Networker] Scan order when rebuilding client file index via scanner?
From: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:49:53 -0400
I have some old tapes, from a different Networker server, that I must scan 
and recover. Note that these tapes have never been in my media index. So I 
know I need to do "scanner -m" to rebuild the media index first, and then 
"scanner -i" *in the proper order* to rebuild the client index.

There are 6 tapes. I luckily happen to know what clientid I am looking 
for, thanks to an old report, so I created a client entry for it, using 
the same name. I've already scanned 3 of the tapes; doing an mminfo shows 
me:

 volume      client     name      date     time
Tape-1        Client  D:\     4/28/2007 1:44:21 AM
Tape-2        Client  D:\     4/28/2007 1:44:21 AM
Tape-3        Client  D:\     4/28/2007 1:44:21 AM

I know I need to do an mminfo with "fragflags", to see which tape has the 
"h" flag (start of set), "t" (tail of set), and which has "m" (middle of 
set), and that's my order to rebuild the file index - "scanner -i" in 
h,m,t order.

Will NW just prompt me as to what tape to scan next, presuming I start 
"scan -i" on the "h" tape? I think it should know which tape it needs 
next, shouldn't it? Isn't it smart enough so that as long as I have added 
all the tapes to media index with "scan -m", if I then do "scan -i -S 
<ssid>" and feed it the first tape (as specified by fragflags), it will 
tell me which tape to insert next?

If not, how do I determine the order of multiple "m" tapes (presuming 
there are multiple "m" tapes; I'm still scanning #4 of 6)?

-- 
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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