EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
08/14/2008 09:23:16 AM:

> So, an update .. for those playing along at home, I've now done "scanner 

> -i" on some of my old tapes. This creates entries in the mm database of 
> all the clients on the tape, in the form ~client-1. I then create a 
client 
> called ~client-1, run "scanner -i" *again*, and now I have an index of 
the 
> backup (since we don't save indexes with the jobs). And now I can browse 

> the saveset, using the NW GUI on Windows, choose the file I want to 
> restore, and go.
> 
> That's the theory. It doesn't work that way in practice .... at least 
not 
> to me, not yet.
> 
> Bringing up the GUI, and changing browse time to the time to what it is 
on 
> the tape, shows me all the drives *except* the one I want (drive E:, in 
my 
> case). WTF? A mminfo shows the saveset of drive E:, right there. An 
> nsrinfo command shows me that drive E: was backed up; I see all the 
> detail. mminfo tells me the saveset is browsable.
> 
> But it won't show in a browse. Why? Apparently, the ssid with drive E: 
is 
> so large, it spans multiple tapes (2 tapes one month,  3 tapes another 
> month). And even though it says the saveset is browsable, it doesn;'t 
show 
> in a browse.

I just did a "scanner -i" on a set of tapes where, luckily, the drive E: I 
would be looking for happened to be all on one tape. And this time, drive 
E: *did* appear in a browse.

So it sure looks like it's a bug in the NW User GUI, that won't show a 
drive if the saveset spans multiple tapes.


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