In regard to: Re: [Networker] Make Expired Volumes Browseable, Gold, Evan...:

Can someone explain to me the difference between "scanner -i" vs "nsrck -L7" ?

The difference is really "hours and hours" vs. "minutes".

I've posted on this topic many times in the past, as have others, search
the archives for nsrck -L7 to find some of the previous discussion.

nsrck -L7 should always be what you try first.  The man page for "scanner"
even says that specifically in the discussion of the "-i" option.

scanner is your "last resort".  If you know the exact path of the file(s)
or folder(s) you need, even a restricted saveset recovery is a faster
option than scanner.

Basically, IF your tapes have an index saveset for the client(s) in
question, you use nsrck -L7 to very quickly load that index saveset
from tape and merge it into your online index.  Within just a few minutes,
you can again browse.

If you don't have any index saveset for the client(s) in question
and you don't know the exact paths to the files/folders you need to
recover, you use scanner to read the actual contents of the saveset(s).
It builds new index entries (again, merging) from what it finds inside
the savesets.

Tim
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