Never mind, I figured it out. it was Stupid User Syndrome, of course ... I
would have SWORN I had mounted that tape, must have misclicked something
.. anyway, now it is recovering the file index ....
<SIGH>
I love being stupid, in front of an audience ...
--
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel: 215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on
08/02/2010 11:03:07 AM:
> From: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Date: 08/02/2010 11:06 AM
> Subject: [Networker] nsrck -L7 always showing "Server busy" ..
> Sent by: EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
>
> As some may remember, I am in the process of doing a D/R recovery of my
> backup server from a 2 year old bootstrap tape, since my current NW
server
> doesn't have any history before that time, and all my clientIDs changed
at
> that time (due to me not recovering the server correctly at that time).
> And I need to recover something from a client from before that time. So
> what I have done:
>
> Set up a Windows server, with the same name as the old server
> (it only has a single stand-alone tape drive, as opposed to the library
it
> had back then)
> Physically unplugged it from the LAN
> Added entries to the hosts file (127.0.0.1 as the IP of the server, so
> that a "ping servername" returns a success)
> Installed NW 7.4.0
> Added the single tape drive
> Did an mmrecov
> Replaced the "res" directory with the one the mmrecov created
> Started NW 7.4.0
> Deleted the library, and added the single tape drive (\\.\Tape1)
> Set all groups to disabled, so they wouldn't autostart
> Set all storage node devices (AFTD devices, in my case) to disabled, so
it
> wouldn't constantly complain that it couldn't communicate with the
storage
> nodes.
>
> So now I am ready to recover the client index that I need. But when I do
a
>
>
> nsrck -L7 admncry001
>
> It says that it is recovering the client index, but then eventually
comes
> back with a "server busy; retying in 30 seconds" message.
>
> So what step did I miss? I see nothing in the log, that indicates why
the
> nsrck -L7 isn't working, and there is no parameter in nsrck to specify
the
> device. All the licenses show that they are still within the grace
period.
>
>
> --
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel: 215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
> <mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
>
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