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Re: [Networker] Sanity check on mminfo / nsrinfo usage

2010-03-09 04:14:12
Subject: Re: [Networker] Sanity check on mminfo / nsrinfo usage
From: Dag Nygren <dag AT newtech DOT fi>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:12:59 +0200
måndag 08 mars 2010 23:40:16 skrev  Len Philpot:
> Can someone give me a braincheck on this?
> 
> If I do:
> 
> # mminfo -ar 'nsavetime,sscreate(22)' -c jupiter -N /dir1 -q '!ssrecycle'
> 
> I see a listing thus :
> 
>   save time      ss created
>  1264829064     01/29/10 23:24:24
>  1265094026     02/02/10 01:02:54
>  1265180427     02/03/10 01:02:06
>  1265266822     02/04/10 01:02:07
>  1265353207     02/05/10 01:00:05
>  1265434114     02/05/10 23:28:35
> 
> ...and so on, up to the last backup. These should be all the browseable /
> recoverable backups for "/dir1" on "jupiter" currently in the database (we
> keep our browse and recovery policies equal).
> 
> Therefore, running nsrinfo with one of the 'nsavetime' values like this :
> 
> # nsrinfo -t 1264829064 jupiter
> 
> ...spews output thus :
> 
> /dir1/lost+found/
> /dir1/.profile
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/install
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/installer
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/locks/
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/logs/2007-01-05_03-19-55PM.log
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/logs/2007-01-05_03-59-39-PM.log
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/logs/2007-01-05_03-59-39-PM.out
> /dir1/subdir2/subdir3/more_subdirs/logs/2007-01-05_03-59-39-PM.err
> 
> ...for thousands of lines. This output should be a listing of every file
> backed up for that given savetime, right? And, therefore, if I go through
> all active savetimes and a given file never shows up, then it was never
> backed up.  :-)
> 
> I'm just a bit brain-weary this afternoon and would like to know I'm not
> overlooking something obvious.

If you are looking for a certain file only, it is probably easier to use 
nsrinfo -N "filename" "client name" directly. Should give you a list of all 
versions in the index database of that file.
It is case sensitive though...

Best
Dag

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