Can't get file listing off tape after running scanner command

Question

I have 5 savesets spanned across 5 tapes that I would like to get a file listing of. On 3 of the savesets, I was able to run the scanner command such as:

scanner -iv -S 2978117950 \\.\Tape2 > scanner.log 2>&1

and then run the below to get a full file listing of the saveset:

nsrinfo -vV -t "7/19/08 7:31:07 PM" hostname > Full_home.txt

However, two of the savesets, after I run the scanner and nsrinfo command do not spit out any files. I have tried using the mminfo command to get the Save Time number and then use the nsrinfo command on that, however that is also unsuccessful. If I do "show save sets" on the volume, it shows all the savesets as either recoverable or browseable so I don't understand why I can't get the file listing.

The output I get in the .txt file is that there were 0 objects found. Can someone please help me on this issue?

Thank you!

ble1 · Answer

What does mminfo report for those savestes?

SigmaAdmin · Answer

If I use mminfo, I can view the savesets that were backed up and the time / host/ save set id. From there I use the Save Time variable and put it into the nsrinfo command. Often times this will work, however it is not. The mminfo currently displays the savesets that I want to get the file listings from, however the nsrinfo command is not working.

Thanks!

ble1 · Answer

Does mminfo say these are browsable savesets? Can you show us mminfo output?

SigmaAdmin · Answer

Hello and thank you for your response. It shows the save set as "recoverable" however other savesets on the tape that I was able to pull a directory listing on also show "recoverable"....

Here is some of the output from the mminfo command. There was just way too much to list it all:

3011672382 1216510266 7/19/2008 7:31:06 PM 8/19/2008 2/4/2009
124352549564 125056178047 2 1 3179490110 162836930980 mr
001744 host 690 MB full /sasprod3

ble1 · Answer

Well, if it is recoverable then it is not browsable. You can do ssid restore with it.

I suspect you had expired or recoverable saveset in mdb and you didn't change staus to notrecoverabele and expiration to be in future before running scanner. This is I believe documented in release notes. You can also delete saveset and scan it again which would insert saveset back to mdb as it was done now.

I have no idea what certain numbers mean in your output as you didn't post header, but I assume browse time is set until 19th August (1 month browse policy) thus you don't see it.

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