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

Summary: This article provides a general overview of how to use the NetWorker recover command to perform a "save set recovery" from the command line.

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Instructions

NOTE: This article provides a general overview of a command-line recovery 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. Use 'mminfo' to determine the Save Set ID (SSID) for the backup you want to recover: mminfo -avot -q client=CLIENT_NAME
NOTE: The save set must be recoverable (cr) NetWorker: How to make an expired save set browsable. 
  1. Use the recover command on the NetWorker client to recover the file:
NOTE: On Windows systems, change the directory to the NetWorker install path's \nsr\bin directory, to avoid invoking the native Windows recover application. The default install path is C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\bin. You cannot perform a cross platform recovery, meaning Windows data cannot be recovered to a Linux host or conversely. 
    1. To recover the save set to its original location:

recover -s NETWORKER_SERVER -S SSID SAVE_SET_NAME

Example:

recover -s nsr.amer.lan -S 123456789 /usr
 

    1. To recover the save set to a different directory location:
      1. Create the destination directory if it does not exist already.
      2. Run the command:

recover -d NEW_DESTINATION -s NETWORKER_SERVER -S SSID SAVE_SET_NAME

Example:

recover -d /test -s nsr.amer.lan -S 123456789 /usr

 

 

NETWORKER_SERVER is the name of the NetWorker server.
SSID is the Save Set ID extracted from mminfo.
SAVE_SET_NAME is the name of the save set as shown by mminfo, for example a drive, folder, or file.
NEW_DESTIANTION is the full path of the location that the recovery should place the data. , if the file/directory already exists it prompts:

                     

file exists, overwrite (n, y, N, Y) or rename (r, R) [r]?

Additional Information

NetWorker: How to Recover a file using Command line.

Affected Products

NetWorker

Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000023347
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 26 Sept 2025
Version:  6
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