On Monday 10 September 2012 14:04:59 Michael Leone wrote:
> > On Monday 10 September 2012 11:03:42 Michael Leone wrote:
> > > So I have checked the daemon.log of the server for the date in
> question,
> > > and I do in fact see the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset for the client
> that
> > > says it is missing it.
> > >
> > > 70896 8/27/2012 2:15:10 AM 0 0 2 1348 1228 0 NW-server nsrd
> > > admndev015:DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ saving to pool 'POOL' (tape-label)
> > > 71659 8/27/2012 2:15:17 AM 0 0 2 1348 1228 0 NW-server nsrd
> > > admndev015:DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ done saving to pool 'POOL' (tape-label)
> 17
> > > KB
> > >
> > > So the server thinks it backed up the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset, but
> the
> > > client doesn't show it.
> >
> > Correct me if I am wrong, but why would the "Networker User" show it?
> > It is intended for file restores and cannot recover the saveset anyway.
>
> "Networker User" (the GUI used to perform recoveries - winworkr.exe) will
> show all the savesets for a client. My other Win 2008 R2 clients *do* show
> the "DISASTER_RECOVERY" saveset in NW User. And no, I don't use that to do
> a Win2008 R2 bare metal recovery. But if you choose the savesets, it will
> show you the required volumes. I did exactly this last week, with 2 other
> Win 2008 R2 clients. And it worked perfectly.
>
> It's just that this client does not show the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset in
> NW User, and my other clients do ...
Ok, I wouldn't have expected it to turn up at all :-)
The "official" ways of finding savesets are either NMC "Save set" from "Media"
or CLI "mminfo".
>
> I'm trying to get my users off it, so I can reboot it with the offline
> recover ISO, and see what *it* thinks is an available DISASTER_RECOVERY:
> saveset ...
That will be interesting. Let us know the result!
Best
Dag
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