With the version of Networker we use (6.1.3) recovering Windows files to a
Unix box produce always zero length files.
Maybe it is not true in more recents releases (7.x) 


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De:   Robert L. Harris [SMTP:Robert.L.Harris AT RDLG DOT NET]
> Date: mardi 29 avril 2003 15:58
> À:  NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Objet:        Re: [Networker] Recovered file is 0 bytes?
> 
> It's a payroll system.  The file shouldn't have been in use.  In
> addition I told it to recover the entire saveset from the tape in
> question.  It made a complete listing of the C: to /tmp/foo but every
> file was 0 bytes.
> 
> I'm trying:
>   scanner -S 2937736961 /dev/nst1 | /usr/lib/nsr/uasm -rv
> 
> 
> Which isn't doing anything yet.  The file was backed up about a month
> ago and wasn't corrupt at the time (used since then) but now I can't
> recover it.
> 
> Any suggestions or other thoughts on how to pull this off tape?
> 
> Thus spake Stan Horwitz (stan AT temple DOT edu):
> 
> >
> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> > >  I just recovered a file using "recover -c <client> -s <server>" with
> the
> > >CLI tool.  When I was looking at the file lising in the client it
> showed
> > >the file being 5K.  When I actually executed the recover it was 0
> bytes.
> > >I just got paranoid and did a :
> > >
> > >recover -s <server> -S <$SSID> -d /tmp/foo
> > >
> > >It made 0 length files for everything on the C: but that's it.  Anyone
> > >ever see this or have any ideas how to get this data off the tape, it's
> > >rather critical?
> >
> > Probably, the file was either in use (i.e., locked by Winblows)  or
> > corrupt at the time it was backed up. NetWorker probably had no problem
> > reading the size of the file (because a file lock does not make that
> info
> > unavailable), but it could not get the contents of the file due to the
> > lock.
> >
> > In all likelihood, the users of that system either need to shut down all
> > their apps when they're finished with them each day, or you need to
> > install an open file manager, such as Legato's offering.
> >
> > You might be able to get the file from another day's backup.
> 
> :wq!
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> Diagnosis: witzelsucht
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