It seems to me that the command I suggested would be a VERY quick way of
creating those directories, as NBU doesn't even need to request any
tapes. And a one line script would mean you wouldn't be doing it by hand.
However, bprestore can take a "-f listfile" option, so if you have a way
of generating the list of files you need, you could use that.
Thanks
James
Stephens, John wrote:
>Not exactly. I want NBU to restore these, not me creating them by hand.
>What I would really want is to pass the restore command an
>include/exclude list of files and directories. When you have hundreds
>of systems to recover in a DR exercise, I want directory place holders
>in place. For example: application log files - if the directories are
>not there, it won't log - like NBU. There is no need to recover old log
>files in a DR exercise, just get the application up as fast as you can,
>so to save time why recover unneeded files. You would say, why back
>them up? But you should always cover your six. :)
>
>John D Stephens
>jstephens AT ti DOT com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Pattinson [mailto:jamesp AT hisser DOT org]
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 5:06 AM
>To: Stephens, John
>Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Can you Restore ONLY Directories from a Full
>Backup
>
>Hi
>
>Running "bplist -R | grep /$" from the root of the directory structure
>you want to restore will give you a list of directories that were
>backed up.
>
>You could use the -s and -e options to restrict to a certain backup,
>and then just create the directories from that output using a for loop
>or something.
>
>I hope that's what you meant!
>
>James
>
>On 21 Oct 2004, at 23:40, Stephens, John wrote:
>
>
>
>>NBU Admins -
>>
>>We have a need to restore only the directory structure, like log
>>directories but not the log files, of a FULL Backup. Is this possible
>>from the command line?
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John D Stephens
>>jstephens AT ti DOT com
>>
>>
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