Networker Client not reflecting changed drive letter

Question

Hi All, my first time here

I have a server that we built and configured for networker and all went well and it was backing up for a few weeks, however before the server was put in to the live environment the drive letter F: was changed to be S:. The server was then put in to production, however after a few weeks I have fired up the networker client, go to restore and displayed is the original drive letters C: and F: and the last backup date is stated as being the day before the drive letter was changed - no sign of the S: drive !! I know that the S: drive is being backed up as I can see it in the sessions and also the indexes. I expected to see C: and S: - I am stuck with this and would really appriciate it anybody could give me tips on where to start to get the client to display the correct / current file structure.

Thanks in advance

Ron

bingo.1 · Answer

Sounds like you simply have to set the browse time to the time before renaming.

TimQuan · Answer

If you backup Drive F, NetWorker will show Drive F. If you backup Drive S, it will show Drive S. If you change the drive letter from Drive F to Drive S in OS, the backed up data will still show as F drive. Only the future backup data will show as S drive.

Did you specify Drive S save set in the client resource after changing Drive F to Drive S in OS? If you did not specify Drive S save set in the client resource, I am afraid Drive S will not be backed up.

Now I am afraid you have to:

Wait till the current backup session finishes and then restore Drive S (you should be able to see Drive S after the backup finishes).

Or

Change the Drive S back to Drive F in OS and then select Drive F to restore. And the restore finishes, you can change the Drive F to Drive S again.

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Best Regards,
Tim
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