NetWorker: NMM Hyper-v Flat file Restore Required Parameter for RCT backups
Summary: NMM-Hyper-v-Flat-file-Restore-Required-Parameter-for-RCT-backups
Symptoms
NMM Hyper-v Flat file Restore would Fail with the following error:
nsrnmmrc NSR critical 37 Metadata Manager failed to initialize 0. 132938:nsrnmmrc:Fatal error during processing of the Metadata file for savetime -- nsavetime.
Cause
The Flat File restore default is set to VSS using parameter NSR_SNAP_TYPE.
The nsrnmmrc debug log shows.180351: nsrnmmrc: Application Information NSR_SNAP_TYPE=vss or NSR_SNAP_TYPE=rct is not provided, adding NSR_SNAP_TYPE=vss as default it to the parameter list for VSS-based recovery.
If backup was taken with RCT enabled, then restore fails.
Resolution
Running Flat file restore identify backup was taken RCT or VSS.
For RCT, you have to specify the following. NSR_SNAP_TYPE=rct
NOTE: To find out how the backup was taken, you can use mminfo or nsrinfo to validate.
Using mminfo:
mminfo -Sot -q SSID=4268368342
Where the SSID is the metadata SSID APPLICATIONS:\Microsoft Hyper-V\Windows 2016.
And look for *NSR_RCT_DISK_RCT_ID:
Using nsrinfo:
nsrinfo -v -n nmm_bbb Clustername >C:\nsrinfo.txt
And look for NSR_RCT_BACKUP: TRUE;