What feature pack are you using?  DAR (direct access restore) is supported with 
NBU 4.5fp3. This enables the restore of a file to be done by going straigh to 
the location of the file on the tape.  Otherwise it scans the whole saveset to 
find the file - the reason for the long time taken to recover a file.

Mark



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To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu, veritas-bu-admin AT 
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
From: nickno AT discoverfinancial DOT com
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:12:03 -0600
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Restore taking too long


Does anyone know how Veritas NetBackup 4.5 for NDMP can be implemented so
that its restore runs fast. A restore of a single file from an NDMP backup
is consistently taking nearly 3 hours to finish. Since the EMC Celerra Data
Mover doesn't have the NetBackup software installed, the restore is
initiated from a Master/Media server.

Nick

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