Was it backed up on the same Networker server?   If so, simply re-create
the client, and then restore the index file:

Nsrck -L7 -t 03/21/2007 clientname . 

This will bring the index back to the time that you put into the
command.  Once the index is restored, you can browse and restore. 

THE ALTERNATIVE:

Simply look at the saveset id and do a restore based on savesetid.  

Everyone has their own preference. 

David M. Browning Jr.
IT Project Coordinator Enterprise Backups and Help Desk

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Kevin Malone
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:12 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] restore for a client that no longer exists

Here is a situation I have never run into:

There are some files on a server that we retired some months ago that
someone wants me to restore.  The files are about a year old.  I have
the full backups from a year ago in tape form, but since that server was
retired and that client no longer exists in Networker, how would you (or
can you) go about restoring a save set from a client that is no longer
known by Networker?

Kevin

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