NetWorker: The -I - is ignored when the save set is not a BBB with the data writing out with " -r" after the absolute path

Summary: The -I - is ignored when the save set is not a BBB with the data writing out with " -r" after the absolute path

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Symptoms



When the save set is not from a Block Based Backup (BBB) the save set recover command will disregard the -I - switch and will begin recovering data.

Here is an example of the output
 

C:\Users\Administrator>recover  -vvv -d C:\Test -S 4271161932 -I -
Recovering a subset of 6 files within C:\ into C:\Test
Recover start time: 8/16/2017 3:11:34 PM
Requesting 1 recover session(s) from server.
recovering 6 save set(s) on rsid 3765
08/16/17 15:12:32.804977 libDDBoost version: major: 3, minor: 0, patch: 3, engineering: 0, build: 499747
C:\Test\<directory>\2016.07.21-notes.txt -r
C:\Test\<directory>\recover\ -r
C:\Test\<directory>\tinesgl1_jobsdb.sql -r
C:\Test\<directory>\ -r
        time = 4277847 microseconds, <0:00:04.277847>
Received 4 matching file(s) from NSR server `rastaman'
Recover completion time: 8/16/2017 3:12:38 PM

C:\Users\Administrator>


 

Cause

The syntax of the command line recover is applicable to BBB backups.

Resolution

Ensure the save set that is chosen for the recover is from a BBB backup. To verify, use the mminfo command
 

mminfo -a -S -q ssid=<ssid>
 
The output will have "*BlockBasedBackup: Yes" if it is.

 

To "search" for BBB backups, as Doumented in the NetWorker 9 Administration Guide a new mminfo query ssattr is introduced 

mminfo -avot -q "ssattr=*BlockBasedBackup"
 

NetWorker 8 will take a bit of scripting in PowerShell for Windows or with Unix/Linux. for a start

PS C:\Users\Administrator> mminfo -avot -S | select-string -context 10, 0  -pattern BlockBasedBackup > foo.txt

PS C:\Users\Administrator> select-string -pattern "ssid=" foo.txt  | %{ $_ -split(' ')[0]; } | select-string -pattern "ssid="

ssid=4287841403
ssid=4271064190
ssid=4254300420

PS C:\Users\Administrator>

Affected Products

NetWorker

Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000057203
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 12 Feb 2026
Version:  4
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