Hi,

Something on your description of the problem is not right. Let me explain why.

When you run NDMP backups to tapes directly attached to the filer, the backups 
are only recoverable on  other NDMP filers configured as NDMP clients and with 
locally attached (FC) tape drives.

However you say that 
" The new filer is an EMC VNX5500, with no drives directly attached. "
AND
"Before the old filer was decommisioned (while the drives where still connected 
to it) i tried to restore NDMP data to the new filer. This worked"

That's not possible. You must have done something different. 

Maybe the tapes were connected to the new filer when you ran the recover 
 OR
maybe you ran the recovery on the old filer and then copied  the recovered 
files 
across.
OR 
the backups were sent to remote tape drives (e.g. on the server) using option 
-M on the NDMP backup command.

How to identify the type of an NDMP backup
-------------------------------------------------------------
Check the ssflags and sumflags of those backups with mminfo. All NDMP backups 
have the N flag. If your backups used the -M option then they will also have 
the 's' flag.

If the 's' flag isn't present and you could recover those backup on the new 
filer, then the tapes must have been attached to it (or you ran the recoveries 
on the old filer).

If the flag is present then you didn't run the NDMP backups to the locally 
attached  (NDMP ) tape drives on the old filer.

Directed recovery
-------------------------

For directed recoveries you need to add the user and hostname of the target 
filer on the remote access of the source filer (the client definition of the 
old 
client must exist and use the original client id -- mminfo can show the client 
id)

Configure the old client (if removed )
---------------------------------------------------

If the client definition was removed then you need to recreate it. To do so you 
need:

- the old client id
- any dummy hostname
- any some dummy IP
- Then (in this order)
---> add the dumm_IP dummy_name  to the etc hosts of the server
-->  create a client definition using the dummy name and old client ID.
--> add the user and newfiler hostname to the "remote access" field of the 
"old" 
client 



Configure the new client
----------------------------------

The target filer (i.e. the new VNX filer) must be configured as an NDMP client.
the procedure is the same as on any other client plus:
- Enable the  NDMP option (ticj the NDMP check box)
- add use and password

Add the NDMP client to the SN list (under devices)
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If you require NDMP drives, then you can do run the discovery of tape drives 
from the NMC GUI (defined the VNX client as a SN first).

If scanning for drives doesn't work you will need to run 
C:\>  inquire -N newfilername
 on the NW server. It will prompt for the NDMP username and password.
You can use jbconfig to configure the NDMP tape drives.


The procedure is described on the Networker admin guide.



jee




On Monday 01 Jul 2013 05:36:33 you wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I need to recover data backed up from an old EMC Cellerra filer that is no
> longer available.
> 
> Networker Version: 7.3.3 on Windows Server 2003
> The original filer was a EMC Cellerra, with drives and library directly
> attached for NDMP Backups. This filer is now gone. The new filer is an EMC
> VNX5500, with no drives directly attached. NDMP is enabled and it worked at
> some point (see below) The library and it's drives are now directly
> attached only to the networker server.
> 
> Before the old filer was decommisioned (while the drives where still
> connected to it) i tried to restore NDMP data to the new filer. This
> worked, but obviously i did not realize the role that the old filer played
> at that point. The old filer is now gone, and i need to recover some of the
> old data.
> 
> I tried the following command:
> 
> nsrndmp_recover -s <Networker_Server> -c <Name of old filer> - S
> <saveset_id> -m <name of new filer>::<existing path on new filer> <path
> from saveset to be recovered>
> 
> After some seconds, i get the following message:
> 
> nsrndmp_recover:ssid'<saveset id>': NSR server <servername>: no matching
> devices on `server' nsrndmp_recover:ssid'<saveset id>': waiting 30 seconds
> then retrying...
> 
> This repeats until i cancel the operation.
> If i try the recover using the GUI, i get similar messages.
> 
> Is there any way to recover this data, without attaching the drives to the
> new filer? If so, how would i configure this? Please be aware that i am not
> very proficient using networker.
> 
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