> We do this all of the time, as our browse time is only 3 months. We even
> have to restore indexes that are almost 5 years old (pre-Katrina data).
> 
> 
> Command: 
> 
> nsrck -L7 -t 03/01/10 clientname 
> 
> That will restore the index for the client, to 3/1. 

>From *when*? You say "to 3/1", but does that mean "have a tape handy will 
indexes from 2007 until 3/1/10"?

> You will not have
> to do it for each saveset, with the exception of below. 
> 
> Just a heads up - bootstrap doesn't mean anything when you are talking
> about restoring indexes.  You will need to have a backup tape that has
> indexes on it. 

Well, our bootstrap tapes are where we save the indexes. We don't save the 
index with each job; we do a "savegrp -O full" every day. That's what I 
refer to as a "bootstrap" ..

> If those are expired, or don't exist, you won't be able
> to restore indexes. You will have to use the scanner command (to rebuild
> the index), or do a saveset restore. 

Ratz! Yeah, those bootstrap tapes have expired, I think. I know I mark the 
EOM savesets as "expire in 7 years", but it appears I forgot to market the 
index job savesets that way ...

So I may have to scan the tapes directly .... yes, I am unfortunately 
quite familiar with "scanner -i" ...

Thanks


> 
> 
> David M. Browning Jr.
> IT Project Coordinator Enterprise Backups and Help Desk
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Leone
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 1:50 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] NSRCK -L7 question
> 
> So I will be needing to do a "nsrck -L7", to rebuild client indexes,
> that 
> have expired. I've never done that, so I have a couple questions:
> 
> I've read that I can do a "-t nsavetime -c client", to rebuild the index
> 
> for a specific saveset. But what if I want to rebuild the index for a 
> specific client, from whatever is on the tape? For example, I have a 
> bootstrap tape for 2008-06-30. If I wanted to rebuild all the indexes
> for 
> a specific client for that client for that date, do I need to do a "-t 
> nsavetime -c client" for each saveset? Or will "-c client" rebuild all
> the 
> indexes that are on the tape, for that client? 
> 
> I have a client that has 10 savesets in each job; I'd rather not issue
> the 
> command 10 times, to rebuild the indexes for all those savesets, for a
> job 
> run on a certain date.
> 
> Will nsrck know to only rebuild whatever client indexes are on the 
> currently loaded tape? Or will issuing just a "-c client" want to see
> all 
> the bootstrap tapes I've ever made?
> 
> Basically, I want to mount that bootstrap tape, and tell networker to 
> rebuild all the client indexes for "client-1" that are on that
> particular 
> tape, preferably using one command (or rebuild all indexes made for 
> "client-1 " on a certain date, that are on that tape).
> 
>  Is that possible? 
> 
> -- 
> 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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