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Re: [Networker] Why doesn't nsrinfo show me saveset details?

2012-10-10 02:21:49
Subject: Re: [Networker] Why doesn't nsrinfo show me saveset details?
From: Tony Albers <Tony.Albers AT PROACT DOT DK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:21:25 +0000
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to run a nsrck -L7 -t date 
client to rebuild the client indexes even though you've used scanner?

It's worth a try at least.

/tony




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On 10/09/2012 08:18 PM, Michael Leone wrote:
> Years ago (like 4 years ago), my NW server had a meltdown, and I recovered
> it wrongly. So I lost all my history. What I've had to do create new
> clients, using the old client ID, and scan old backup tapes, as needed.
> Stupid, but that's what I did. But here's what I don't understand.
>
> When I do an mminfo on one of those clients, and try to use nsrinfo to
> list details of what are on those scanned tapes, nsrinfo is failing, and I
> can't see why.
>
>> mminfo -avot -q
> "client=OldClient,savetime>08/30/2007,savetime<09/15/2007" -r
> client,volume,name,savetime(22),nsavetime,ssflags,ssbrowse(22),ssretent(22)
>
>   client    volume         name                                date time
> save time ssflags       browse            retention time
> OldClient 01061307       H:\Users                         8/31/2007
> 6:18:28 PM 1188598708 vF      9/30/2017 4:05:20 PM 10/30/2017 9:48:29 PM
> OldClient 896846         H:\Users                         8/31/2007
> 6:18:28 PM 1188598708 vF      9/30/2017 4:05:20 PM 10/30/2017 9:48:29 PM
> OldClient 915359         H:\Users                         8/31/2007
> 6:18:28 PM 1188598708 vF      9/30/2017 4:05:20 PM 10/30/2017 9:48:29 PM
>
>> nsrinfo -t 1188598708 OldClient
> scanning client `OldClient' for savetime 1188598708(8/31/2007 6:18:28 PM)
> from the backup namespace
> 0 objects found
>
> This client isn't browsable, for some reason - I thought that running
> "scanner -i" on those tape volumes would re-create the index, and make
> them browsable. The savesets themselves are not expired. So, I figured
> that I could capture the output from nsrinfo, I could look for the one
> file I want. But even nsrinfo is faling ...
>
> What could be causing both browsing and nsrinfo to fail, if the savesets
> were scanned, and neither browsing nor retention have been exceeded, and
> they're not expired?
>
> I really don't want to have to re-scan these tapes ...
>