In regard to: Re: [Networker] Need help in restoring files from old tapes...:

Slightly tangetntially ... suppose I have tapes that *do* have the index
on them. And I want to load them on a different NW server from the one
they were created on, and then do a directed recovery that way.

(I need to recover some files created by a NW server at one of my remote
sites, and I don't feel like going out there with the tapes and doing the
restore. I have a NW server here at the data center. I'd like to read the
index off the tapes here, do a directed recover from here)

How would I go about doing that? Is that also "scanner -m"? Or is the
command different, since these tapes have the index file saved on the
tape? Is it "scanner -i"?

Your life is much easier if the client indexes are on the tape.  All you
have to do in that case is

- create the client on your NetWorker server, making sure to match the
  client id when you create it with the client id from the remote
  NetWorker server.  Give your user on the NetWorker server remote access
  to the client, when you create it.

- if you don't already have the same pool defined on your local NetWorker
  server, create it with the same name as the pool the tape is from.

- use scanner -m to give your NetWorker server an idea about what savesets
  are on the tape

- use nsrck -L7 with the appropriate time and client name to load the
  index off tape.

- use the standard client you use to do recovery, but use it directly
  from the server and browse the client's index.

Tim
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