NetWorker: How to Recover a file using Command line.

Summary: This KB provides an overview of how to perform a file or folder recovery of a NetWorker client.

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Instructions

NOTE: This article provides a general overview of a command-line FLR of a NetWorker Client. For additional information, see the NetWorker Command Reference Guide, Support for NetWorker | Manuals & Documents
  1. Open an elevated command prompt or shell on the NetWorker server.
  2. Identify the Save Set ID (SSID) of a backup you would like to recover: mminfo -avot -q client=NETWORKER_CLIENT_NAME
NOTE: The save set must be marked as browsable (cb). NetWorker: How to make an expired save set browsable
  1. To list the contents of the backup, get the nsavetime of the SSID wanted for restore: mminfo -q ssid=SSID -r nsavetime,client
  2. List the contents of the save set (optionally redirect to a file): nsrinfo -t nsavetime CLIENT_NAME

Example:

E:\>nsrinfo -t 1562250655 client_name
scanning client `client_name' for savetime 1562250655(MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS) from the backup namespace
E:\backup1\
E:\daemon.raw
E:\file1.txt
E:\gstd.raw
E:\gstdlog.txt
E:\renderedNsrck.txt
E:\   
7 objects found
  1. Run the recover command on NetWorker Server command line to do file level recovery: recover -c source_client_name -R destination_client_name -iR
    Example:
B:\>recover -c source_client_name -R destination_client_name -iR 
    No index was found for B:\. The current working directory is /.
    recover> cd E:\
    recover> ls
     backup1                gstd.raw               renderedNsrck.txt
     daemon.raw             gstdlog.txt
     file1.txt              ISNTOPV01_daemon.raw
    recover> version [displays all the latest backups performed for a save set E:\]

    Versions of `E:\':

        0 d                0 7/4/2019 07:20 \
         save time:  7/4/2019 7:30:55 AM
          location:  test.002 at test

     0 d                0 7/4/2019 07:20 \
     save time:  7/4/2019 7:21:04 AM
      location:  test.002 at test

     0 d                0 7/4/2019 05:52 \
     save time:  7/4/2019 7:03:48 AM
      location:  test.002 at test

    recover> changetime 7/4/2019 7:30:55 AM  [Performed E:\ backup for 3 times and selecting latest backup to perform recovery]
    18361:recover: time changed to 07/04/2019 07:30:55 (mm/dd/yyyy)
    recover> ls
     backup1                gstd.raw               renderedNsrck.txt
     daemon.raw             gstdlog.txt
     file1.txt              
    recover> add daemon.raw
    1 file(s) marked for recovery
    recover> relocate
    6479:recover: <return> will recover files into their original location
    New destination directory: F:\Test
    recover> recover
    Recovering 1 file from E:\ into F:\Test
    Volumes needed (all on-line):test.002 at test
    Total estimated disk space needed for recover is 229 KB.
    Requesting 1 file(s), this may take a while...
    Recover start time: 7/4/2019 7:46:58 AM
    Requesting 1 recover session(s) from server.
    129290:recover: Successfully established direct file retrieve session for save-set ID '4112387488' with adv_file volume 'test.002'.
    F:\Test\daemon.raw
    Received 1 file(s) from NSR server `networker_client_name'
    Recover completion time: 7/4/2019 7:47:01 AM
    recovery

In the above example, the file daemon.raw was successfully recovered to the F:\Test location.

Additional Information

NetWorker: How to perform a 'Save Set Recovery' from the Command Line

Affected Products

NetWorker

Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019763
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2025
Version:  5
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