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March 15th, 2011 10:00
Recovery using Command Line (Windows 2003 Server)
Hi All -
I'm having trouble trying to do file recoveries for a directory with 14000+ files using the Networker inferface. Once I change the browse time, find the needed directory, and select the folder's check box...Networker begins to traverse and display the contents of the folder in the interface. There are thousands of files in the folder and causes Networker to adventually time out. Thus, as a work around I would like to do the restore through the command line.
Can someone please instruct me on how to do this. I have looked through the Networker 7.5 Administration Guide, but the instructions there are vague. Any help will be much appreciated.
Info: Windows 2003 Server, Networker 7.5.1.Build.413
Thanks!
jkernagh
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March 15th, 2011 16:00
Hello Jane, there are quite a few variables to consider; can you provide more details as to the specific operation you're attempting?
It sounds like you are trying to get around filesystem enumeration - which in general means a saveset recovery. This in turn means you will recover the entire saveset (or at least, read the entire saveset).
Do you want to recover the whole saveset, or for example, a single directory within the saveset?
Do you want to recover to the same or a different host?
The same or different path?
Overwriting files, renaming, or skipping?
Essentially your recover command should really be run on the target host something like:
recover -i[y|n|r] [-d (redirect path)] [-R (hostname... no need if run on target host, which is preferred)] -S (ssid - get this from NMC or mminfo) [internal path of saveset if full saveset not desired]
This disallows any sort of comprehensive browsing but also circumvents tedious file list walking - which sounds like what you're trying to avoid.
Please clarify if I've missing anything and test this first on a redirected path (-d) with a simple saveset.
Cheers, James.
pheikens
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March 16th, 2011 03:00
May be you just want to try the following on the server which owned the files:
recover [-d "new path"] -t "browsetime" -a "path you want to recover"
Peter