I never tried this before on Windows box, but mechanism should be the same. Can you show recover command you use?

here is command line:


C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin>recover
recover: Current working directory is C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin\
recover> add \\.\PhysicalDrive1
/
1 file(s) marked for recovery
recover> relocate \\.\PhysicalDrive2
recover> recover
Recovering 1 file from / into \\.\PhysicalDrive2
Volumes needed (all on-line):
karpkala.002.RO at W:\NW_BLS_DEV\_AF_readonly
Requesting 1 file(s), this may take a while...
\\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1
\\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 file exists, overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or renam
e (r, R) ? y
overwriting \\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1
recover: cannot create \\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1: A device attached to
the system is not functioning.
Received 1 file(s) from NSR server `karpkala'
Recover completion time: 28.08.2007 22:08:43
recover>

actually, it seems that it restores something. at least NW console shows that there is data read from device. but there is nothing restored to device \\PhysicalDrive2. so i don't understand where this readed data goes...

kipz

I always did raw restores as ssid restore - so I would suggest that approach.

i hope i understood you correctly. here is result, no difference:

C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin>recover -d \\.\PhysicalDrive2 -S 1876180118
Recovering files within / into \\.\PhysicalDrive2
\\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1
\\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 file exists, overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or renam
e (r, R) ? y
overwriting \\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1
recover: cannot create \\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1: A device attached to
the system is not functioning.

Mm... not sure... I would need to try that once on Windows system.

Is it trying to create a device called \\.\PhysicalDrive2\.\PhysicalDrive1 ? It seems like it's trying to recover \\.\PhysicalDrive1 "inside" \\.\PhysicalDrive2, not over it.

Correct... which is what -d does... which might mean you must claim somehow \\.\PhysicalDrive2 on this box to become \\.\PhysicalDrive1... no idea how to do that under Windows as I never did it before.

hello,

just wanted to inform that i have found a way to relocate raw disk backups in Windows. instead of defining raw disk save set by "\\.\PhysicalDrive#" it must be specified by drive letter. for example, "\\.\E:"

when restoring, new target disk must be mounted with the same drive letter as original was and restoration works like to original location.

regards,

kipz

Interesting... thanks for sharing that information!