2 problems when i wanna to make a file restore

Question

I got 2 problems when i wanna to make a file
restore.

(1)
Version: Networker 7.2.x (Server & Client)
I could not find any files under a mount point (For
example, /abc) in the Networker client when perform
Networker restore. This machine was upgraded from
Solaris 8 to Solaris 10 in May, and i did re-install
and configure the networker backup of this machine
after OS upgrade.
We noted that /abc was a soft link pointing to
/data/abc in previous Solaris 8 OS while /abc is now
a mount point to local disk. The Networker backup of
this machine is completed without error, but the
files under /abc disappear in Networker restore. How
can i restore the data?

Check if there is anything under /data/abc in the restore window.

(2)
Version: Networker 7.4.x (Server & Client)
We set the browse and retention policies be 6 days.
The full backup job are OK at last Monday (1 tape
used), and we changed the recycle of this tape from
auto to manual. Today, we put this tape into the tape
library and we would like to make a file restore. But
we can't restore those file by this tape. There is no
record inside the index. I can just restore those
file by this Monday full backup. How can i restore
the data by using the last Monday full backup?

As per the policy you set, the Browse policy was 6 days so after 6 days, Networker will remove indexes from the server until you changed its life using some command line. These indexes will stay on tape and you need to rebuild them using scanner -i OR nsrck -L7.

Alternate way would be to do a Save Set recovery.

Thanks!

Thanks a lots!!

amediratta · Answer

I got 2 problems when i wanna to make a file
restore.

(1)
Version: Networker 7.2.x (Server & Client)
I could not find any files under a mount point (For
example, /abc) in the Networker client when perform
Networker restore. This machine was upgraded from
Solaris 8 to Solaris 10 in May, and i did re-install
and configure the networker backup of this machine
after OS upgrade.
We noted that /abc was a soft link pointing to
/data/abc in previous Solaris 8 OS while /abc is now
a mount point to local disk. The Networker backup of
this machine is completed without error, but the
files under /abc disappear in Networker restore. How
can i restore the data?

Check if there is anything under /data/abc in the restore window.

(2)
Version: Networker 7.4.x (Server & Client)
We set the browse and retention policies be 6 days.
The full backup job are OK at last Monday (1 tape
used), and we changed the recycle of this tape from
auto to manual. Today, we put this tape into the tape
library and we would like to make a file restore. But
we can't restore those file by this tape. There is no
record inside the index. I can just restore those
file by this Monday full backup. How can i restore
the data by using the last Monday full backup?

As per the policy you set, the Browse policy was 6 days so after 6 days, Networker will remove indexes from the server until you changed its life using some command line. These indexes will stay on tape and you need to rebuild them using scanner -i OR nsrck -L7.

Alternate way would be to do a Save Set recovery.

Thanks!

Thanks a lots!!

ble1 · Answer

If I remember correctly NW does not follow symlinks (except rawasm) so you should look for your data under /data/abc (if looking after data before upgrade).

For second problem, you can either do ssid restore or recover index with nsrck -L7 -t and then do regular restore.

AoA1 · Answer

Yes, i can't expand any soft link for restore. However, the /data/abc is not here after upgraded, there is just a mount point /abc now. And the icon of the path /abc is a soft link shown in the NW console. Thus, i can't expoand the /abc for file restore.

AoA1 · Answer

(1) There is nothing under /data/abc because it's not exists. I found that the path /abc is shown as a soft link icon in the nwrecover console but it is a mount point now. I checked the indexes by nwadmin console, the oldest date of instance of the path /abc is 06/06/09 (After the upgrade). And i don't know what can i do now...

(2) Thanks a lots, i think i need to modify the retention policy again.

amediratta · Answer

You need to change Browse policy also for the seocnd point.

AoA1 · Answer

For the first problem, i modified the save set backup from 'All' to '/abc'. I can expand and restore those files under '/abc' now. But...we would like to use 'All' to to do the full system backup.

DavidHampson · Answer

Do you mean by this:

We noted that /abc was a soft link pointing to

/data/abc in previous Solaris 8 OS while /abc is now
a mount point to local disk.

that /abc is just a folder on that box? Can you post the output for ls -l /abc ?

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2 problems when i wanna to make a file restore

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