how do you restore from browsable media?

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Hi All.

I'm using EMC Networker 8.2.1 in a windows environment. I have a backup that looks good (no errors, all succeeded logs).

I can browse the media from the Networker GUI and find the listing for the backup but don't know how to restore it.

I've tried from the EMC networker console and from the EMC client end too. Whichever I use, I don't see where I can choose this backup to recover. Recover wizard gets me nowhere. I'm now trying command line but that's ultimately not working either. My 'retain snapshots' is set to zero - so it's rollover only....I don't see that as a problem. I also have 'clone' set up and can browse the clone media and see my backup listed...shows everything as 'browsable'. With any wizard I run, networker isn't showing my backup to pick from - - not sure how to get it. I also tried command line from the client...running "recover.exe -S 99999999 -d d:\temp" for example where 999999 is my ssid. I tried different formats of the recover command too....it looks like it's working, and chugs away for 20mins or so, then reports back "Received 0 matching file(s)...". I don't get it! Any ideas out there? thanks!

ble1 · Answer

What kind of backup are you trying to restore?  I ask this as you got me a bit confused with snapshot part so it would be important first to understand what kind of backup (and of what) you did to know how to do restore.  If this is pure file system backup, then all methods you said would need to work without issues, but it seems like you might have used something else.

zabagar1 · Answer

Hi. Thanks for your reply. If there are any screenshots you think would be helpful, I can send.

I use VSS (vol shadow copy) "nsrsnap_vss_save" command to backup Exchange databases (which are .edb files). The backup goes to a data domain storage device and then is further cloned to another data domain device at second location. I can browse both data domain devices and see where the backup succeded but you can't perform a restore on the screens where you browse media. Does that answer your question or did I miss something? With the snapshot part, I just meant that I use the predefined 'rollover' snapshot policy for my backup.

I tried to add a screenshot but apparently you can't attach a .jpg, .png or .zip here.....not sure what type of file I *can* attach!!

If I open "Networker User" on my client and browse/recover it starts, runs for a while, then says 0 files recovered.

I'll paste below right from it:

Recovering files of client 'sgdag.mycompany.com' from server 'sgntwrk01.mycompany.com'.

Recovering a subset of 2 files within APPLICATIONS:\Microsoft Exchange 2010\ into D:\temp

Recover start time: 10/27/2015 9:41:41 AM

Requesting 1 recover session(s) from server.

libDDBoost version: major: 3, minor: 0, patch: 1, engineering: 1, build: 459919

Received 0 matching file(s) from NSR server `sgntwrk01.mycompany.com'

Recover completion time: 10/27/2015 10:00:28 AM

bingo.1 · Answer

What you see is correct.The backup command 'nsrsnap_vss_save' points to the fact that you use the appropriate module (either NMXCHG or its successor NMM). This will run a database backup, not a file backup. But 'NetWorker User' is only capable to backup & recover file backups.In other words: you must use the appropriate User GUI, which opens when you click this icon:Then proceed as described in the manuals.

zabagar1 · Answer

Thanks Bingo. I actually had tried that first but couldn't find what I needed so I was looking anywhere/everywhere.

BUT - I went back, re-selected my options in NMM, etc....and I found my database backup. Don't know why this wasn't working before for me....maybe I just needed to step away from it. Getting a successful restore is a completely different issue I can work out on a test system. Now that I can actually locate the backup to restore from, I can continue testing. Thanks.

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