Re: [Networker] 7.4.5 nsrck hangs
2009-09-08 12:26:34
I am dealing with 100's of clients coming and going. I am not the one
that adds/deletes the clients. I am the one that cleans up after
clients are deleted. So I am doing the same thing you are with
retention time. I still would prefer an option to totally blow away
the savesets that have reached their retention time. I spend a
significant amount of time running mminfo(s), grep(s), awk(s) &
checking & rechecking before removing savesets that are past their
retention and the client no longer exists. NetWorker should be able
to figure this out for us and it would still be a decision on our
part whether it is time to blow away the savesets.
At 8:52 AM +1000 9/5/09, Preston de Guise wrote:
On 05/09/2009, at 08:45 , Francis Swasey wrote:
On 9/4/09 5:10 PM, Roberta Gold wrote:
When I remove a client, I also move the client index to a
different directory. Once my advertised retention time is up, I
remove any remaining media index entries for those clients from
the volumes that are onsite. The only remaining entries will be
for the DR volumes that are offsite. I wish NetWorker had a "NUKE
CLIENT" option in the NMC that would totally cleanup after a
client.
Yes, I wish that as well. I had seen a post here describing using
nsrmm to delete the client index when deleting a client. So, I
also have removed the /nsr/index directories for these clients that
are causing nsrck to get stuck.
Personal preference of course, but I for one disagree. NetWorker's
entire strategy (e.g., dependency checking, etc.) is about maximal
data protection. If you want a product that just goes and blows away
data, pick a less trustworthy backup product... Working with support
partners as I have been for the last 10+ years, I can honestly say
that I routinely have customers who are told to decommission
clients, go on to also delete the indices, and then have an urgent
recovery request come in for them. I.e., I'd much prefer NetWorker
not make deleting client indices easier than it already is :-)
Cheers,
Preston.
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