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Re: [Networker] Win2008 R2 client does not show DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset when saving ALL - ADDENDUM

2012-09-11 02:14:34
Subject: Re: [Networker] Win2008 R2 client does not show DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset when saving ALL - ADDENDUM
From: Tony Albers <Tony.Albers AT PROACT DOT DK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:13:59 +0000
On 09/10/2012 09:15 PM, Michael Leone wrote:
>>> 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 think it is.
>
> Oh, I know. And I can, and I did. But the other way is quick and easy. And
> does work, for a few other clients. So I am puzzled as to why it works for
> 2 and not the other ...
>
>>> 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!
>
> Using the Offline Recovery ISO, I do in fact see the entries for all the
> jobs that have been running on this client. So I did have the option to
> choose the Aug 26, 2012 run. (I can't do it for real until tomorrow, when
> the tapes come back from offsite)
>
> So it looks like the issue is with WN User. If I do a saveset of
> "DISASTER_RECOVERY:" on that client (not ALL, but explicitly
> DISASTER_RECOVERY:), then I do see DISASTER_RECOVERY: in NW User ... but
> only for that one run; if I change dates to the past, I do not see it.
> (but I do for other Win2008 clients who only have used the ALL saveset).
>
> Weird, huh? :-)
>
> So I guess I am in a holding pattern until my tapes come back. At least
> know I am more confident that it will work. I got flustered when NW User
> showed me the proper savesets for 2 clients, and not the 3rd.
>


I'd consider updating the client the the latest for your major version 
number, 7.6.3.7 I think it is.

I'm not so sure about 7.6.4.1.

/tony