In the restore GUI, select all the images the file might be in. Then
there's an icon on the far-right of a pair of binoculars you can hit, or
go under the "Actions" menu and select "Search backups". 

The window displays the file name, size, backup date, modification date,
and path for each hit. 

Of course, if you advertise this to your users they'll never give you an
exact path for a restore ever again.... =) 

- John Nardello
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Fogarty
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] File restore search?


 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bplist -R -PI <file_name> from the root, will
search all backups for the whole server for <file_name>
 
Steve
 
 

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Dan
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] File restore search?



Is there a way to search a list of backups for a specific file name to
see if it exists on the backups?  i.e. I have a file name, but the
person requesting the restore can't recall what directory / File System
the file was stored in.

Thanks
Dan