Recovering a file without index

Thanks for the prompt response.

I now the path of the file, but the next problem is that the same path/file exists on several servers on the same tape. How do I define the correct server as the source for the file and not mistakedly grap a file with the same name from a different server? Is this where I need the SSID of the relevant save set?

Networker tracks a client with Client ID so just having the same physical hardware may not help. It would be ggod if you have the same client ID which used to be there earlier.

Make it a practice to note down client ID before deleting a client. It is needed later. I have a few commands using scanner on a tape to find out the contents of the Save sets on the tape and trying to restore data from those tapes. Please go through them and try out the most suitable one -

If no information is available about the client ID of the client, use the following steps ¿

1. Recover an entire Save Set to the Networker Server ¿
scanner ¿S SSID \\.\Tape0 | uasm -rv
2. Get the list and path of files recoverable from a Save Set -
scanner ¿S SSID \\.\Tape0 | uasm -nrv
3. Recover a single file from a Save Set to the Networker Server ¿
scanner ¿S SSID \\.\Tape0 | uasm -rv filename
4. Recover a single file from a Save Set to the Networker Server on a different location ¿
scanner ¿S SSID \\.\Tape0 | uasm -rv -m source=dest filename

The above methods 1 to 3 recover data to the original location from where it was backed up. Therefore, you need the same drive letters or mount points to recover data.

If in case, you do not know the SSID of the Save Set, use scanner ¿m \\.\Tape0 to get the details.

Also, backups for all servers are kept on multiple tapes. How can I find out the correct tape that holds the appropriate save set? Do I need to run the scanner -m command on all tapes for that particular day, or is there a quicker way (there are 9 tapes for the day, so going through them all would take some time)

If the media database exists in your setup, you can browse through the volumes tab and locate the SSID for the given client etc.

May be you can use some combinaitons of mminfo as well to locate the exact requirement.

Are you able to savesets on 12/25/06 for the client ?using mminfo ?
if not you need to run scan all tapes.

Yes, that's where you need SSID

Thanks for the latest info.

mminfo gives me client ID and SSID's of save sets. Browse time reported by mminfo is next year, so how do make these sava sets broweseable through nwrecover?

Do I need to set the client up again and somehow get nwrecover to recognise this new set up with the old client id? As I need to recover this file multiple times (it's a constantly overwritten log) I'd like to be able to browse the save sets through the GUI. Can this be done?

For browsable recovery you need to have index restored.This require client resource created on server.Seup a client using the original clientid and do a scan to recover index or try nsrck -L7 option(not sure)