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November 8th, 2016 16:00
Manually cloning save sets to tape
Hi,
Currently our monthly tape backups are not configured properly, it's something I'm working on... however it's been several months since we've had all of our save sets cloned off to tape to be removed from site, so I'm trying to do this manually as a one off.
I've followed instructions I've seen online to go into Media > Save Sets > Query Save Set and choose my dates etc. I have selected "backup" as these save sets are all present on our data domain device.
When I then go to the Save Set List tab, select any of the save sets, right click and choose Clone, I select our Tape_Monthly_Clone media pool and click OK.
At this point nothing happens at all. There are no jobs that run, and Networker does not attempt to mount any tapes from that pool (there's about 6 tapes available in the pool which should be plenty).
Am I missing something here, or does anyone have any idea where I can start to solve this issue?
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bingo.1
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November 9th, 2016 03:00
You do not really want to use the GUI to clone all your save sets, do you?
1. The best method would be to use mminfo and get a file list of all needed save sets.
2. Then use the nsrclone command to copy the save sets to your clone pool:
nsrclone [-s nw_server -J recover_snode -d write_snode] -b clone_pool -S -f save_set_file
See the Command Line Reference for more details.
May I suggest that you prepare your file in a way that you will create multiple jobs.
BonezAU1
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November 9th, 2016 17:00
I'd prefer to use the GUI if possible, is there any reason why the command line would be 'the best method'?
The GUI has the options there, and it's easy for me to see which save sets I want to clone to tape, it just doesn't seem to do anything after I choose them, right click and choose Clone.
bingo.1
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November 9th, 2016 21:00
Honestly - you are the only person whom I heard off who uses this method at all. And I have used NW (still not knowing everything ;-) for years. I have never used this method.
To use the GUI, you must have setup everything properly. Otherwise it will just not work. And you most likely will not receive the feedback. At least not in the same window.
A GUI will never be possible to support all options.
The main argument however: You do not want to use the GUI for a huge number (could be thousands) of save sets.
May I suggest that you use the command line (with added verbosity) for a single save set. If it fails you will at least get a clear error message. If not you still have the daemon.raw file.