NetWorker: The NetWorker 'mminfo' -k switch not honored when using -q option
Summary: NetWorker: The NetWorker 'mminfo' -k switch not honored when using -q option
Symptoms
Below command con be used as a workaround.
# mminfo -akot -r "volume, ssid,cloneid" | grep <VM_NAME_search_pattern>
The NW 'mminfo' -k switch not honored when we specify -q option in syntax. the query do not consider VM SSIDs but all SSIDs.
### ONE:
When we specify mminfo switches '-akot' or '-kot' there is 1106 save sets.
# mminfo -akot | wc -l 1106 # mminfo -kot | wc -l 1106
When we use same switches and query for just one DD volume we are getting lot more SSIDs
# mminfo -kot -q volume=myVolume.001 | wc -l 23950 # mminfo -akot -q volume=myVolume.001 | wc -l 23950
### TWO
If we exclude '-k' switch [Linux man page: -k Displays backup details of virtual machines protected using VMware Backup Appliance(VBA). ] we are getting same 23950 SSIDs
# mminfo -avot -q volume=myVolume.001 | wc -l 23950 # mminfo -akot -q volume=myVolume.001 | wc -l 23950 ### THREE
If we specify just '-k' which means just VM save sets we are getting information about all save sets.
# mminfo -k -q "volume=myVolume.001" | wc -l 23950
### FOUR
When we specify mminfo '-q' with '-k' we see save sets from 2016 year and mminfo just '.k' shows ssid starting 2018 . NOTE: we have specified '-ot' which should sort based on time stamps.
# mminfo -akot | head -5 volume type vm_name date time size ssid fl backup_size myVolume.001 Data Domain XXXXX 08/02/18 14:30:04 104 GB 3496147277 cE 104 GB myVolume.001 Data Domain YYYYY 08/02/18 14:30:05 20 GB 3479370061 cE 20 GB myVolume.001 Data Domain AAAAA 08/02/18 14:30:06 41 GB 3462592845 cE 41 GB myVolume.001 Data Domain BBBBB 08/02/18 14:30:07 83 GB 3445815629 cE 83 GB # mminfo -akot -q "volume=myVolume.001" | head -5 volume type vm_name date time size ssid fl backup_size myVolume.001 Data Domain 08/01/16 08:08:14 53 MB 3013535614 cb 53 MB myVolume.001 Data Domain 08/01/16 08:09:12 18 GB 2996758408 cb 18 GB myVolume.001 Data Domain 08/01/16 08:16:40 235 MB 2979981640 cb 235 MB myVolume.001 Data Domain 08/01/16 08:16:52 3377 KB 2963204436 cb 3377 KB
### Conclusion:
The '-k' switch not honored in conjunction with '-q' switch when we specify to see just VM save sets stored on particular volume. It shows ALL (VM and non VM) save sets.
Instead the mminfo shows ALL save sets (VM and non VM) for that specific volume.
Affected NW builds:
* NetWorker 8.2 branch
* NetWorker 9.0.x; 9.1.x; 9.2.x
* NetWorker 18.1
Cause
Resolution
The NetWorker 'mminfo' -k switch not honored when using -q option would be fixed in next cumulative release.
Additional Information
This might lead to DL scenario.