Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Performing manual synthetic full backups

Run the nsrconsolidate program from the command line of the NetWorker server to perform a manual synthetic full backup of a save set for a client.

Use the –c option to specify the client name, and the –N option to specify the save set name, with the nsrconsolidate command. You can also use the –C option to specify both the client and save set name together, the –S option to specify the save set ID (instead of the save set name), and the –t and –e options to specify the start time and end time for the save set, respectively.

The value that you specify for a save set name, client name, file name, or directory name with nsrconsolidate for a Windows client is case-sensitive because the NetWorker software cross-platform indexing system is case-sensitive. A best practice is to always specify the Windows drive letter in uppercase.

When you run multiple nsrconsolidate commands, run fewer commands that include many save sets instead of multiple commands with fewer save sets. This strategy helps nsrconsolidate to manage the number of concurrent synthetic full operations and reduce resource usage. The best number of concurrent synthetic full operations depends on the following criteria:


• Configuration of the NetWorker server.
• Size of the save sets and number of clients.
• Number of nsrpolicy instances that are concurrently running.

The NetWorker Command Reference Guide or the UNIX man pages provide details on nsrconsolidate.