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Re: [Networker] NDMP recover question

2013-05-17 02:10:19
Subject: Re: [Networker] NDMP recover question
From: Riku Valli <riku.valli AT UTA DOT FI>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 09:04:50 +0300
On 05/16/2013 11:54 PM, Werth, Dave wrote:
> Never mind, the restore finally finished.  The messages I got in NetWorker 
> User were rather confusing but it doesn't appear that it actually wrote over 
> anything I didn't expect it to.

I don't sure, but some NDMP configurations Networker server must read
whole tape first at Networker know where actual data resides ie no fast
positioning.

-- Riku

> Dave
>
> Dave Werth
> Garmin AT, Inc.
> Salem, Oregon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Werth, Dave
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:44 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] NDMP recover question
>
> We recently started backing up our new NetApp using NDMP.  With due diligence 
> I decided to do a test restore today to practice and make sure everything was 
> ok on that side of things.
>
> So I selected a small directory (21 MB, 761 files) and redirected it to 
> another volume on the NetApp.  The recover appeared to run just fine but now 
> the server is still reading tapes and appears to be fully restoring the 
> original volume that the test restore was from.  It is saying:
>
> "reading from Tapexxx yyy MB of 1376 GB"
>
> 1376 GB being the full backup size.
>
> Anybody have an idea about what's going on or any advice?  I'm going to have 
> to kill this before it goes on too long.
>
> Server is NetWorker 8.0.1.1.Build.132 on Windows Server 2012.
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
> Dave Werth
> Garmin AT, Inc.
> Salem, Oregon
>
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