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Re: [Networker] How to move the contents of a volume do a different volume?

2010-08-24 07:41:12
Subject: Re: [Networker] How to move the contents of a volume do a different volume?
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:39:14 -0400
Paul,

So, you have saveset X which has sections (or fragments) on tapes A, B, and C.  
You are asking
how to move just the fragments of saveset X which are on tape B to a new tape 
without moving
the fragments on tapes A and C?  That is not possible with NetWorker.

Frank

On 8/24/10 4:24 AM, Paul Key wrote:
> Tim
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> When you say "Do you mean only clone the fragments of the saveset that are on 
> the volume you
> want to purge, but leave the fragments on other volumes un-cloned?"
> 
> What I am trying to say is not cloning the data or save sets which happen to 
> be on the volume I
> want to purge but rather moving that data to a different volume (including 
> saveset fragments
> that are included) and then rebuilding or re-indexing the backup software so 
> it knows the new
> location of the savesets previously on the purged volume.
> 
> I was wondering if this is possible?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paul
> 
> Tim Mooney wrote:
>> In regard to: [Networker] How to move the contents of a volume do a...:
>>
>>> NetWorker Management Console version 3.4.Build.187 based on NetWorker 
>>> version 7.4.Build.187
>>>
>>> Media type = file.
>>>
>>> I have several volumes created under a pool on a ZFS file system mapped 
>>> onto devices.
>>>
>>> What I am asking is - is it possible to move the entire contents of one
>>> volume to another volume ?
>>
>> Clone the contents of the volume and then purge the original savesets,
>> which is pretty much what the "nsrstage" command does.
>>
>>> Also can the data in the volume be moved in such a way as to preserve any 
>>> save sets which
>>> are spread across the volume to be moved? And if so how?
>>
>> I'm not certain what you're asking for here.  Do you mean only clone the
>> fragments of the saveset that are on the volume you want to purge, but
>> leave the fragments on other volumes un-cloned?  I don't think that's
>> possible, at least using NetWorker commands.
>>
>> Tim
> 

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