Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Recovering archive data from a UNIX client

Use the nsrretrieve program to retrieve archive data for a UNIX client. You must specify the files or directories to recover, or recover the entire save set on a UNIX client. You cannot browse archive data on UNIX.

1. Mount the archive volume in the storage device.
2. Open a command prompt, and type the nsrretrieve command using the following syntax:

   nsrretrieve -s NetWorker_server -A annotation -S ssid/cloneid
   -i{N|Y|R} path

   where:

   • NetWorker_server is the hostname of the NetWorker server.

   • -A annotation specifies the annotation string for the archive save set. You must specify at least one annotation or save set ID.

     Consider an example where archive A is annotated with Accounting_Fed and archive B is annotated with Accounting_Local. If you type nsrretrieve -A Accounting, then no match is found and the archive data is not recovered. If you type nsrretrieve -A ting_L, then the recovery process recovers the data from Archive B.

   • -S ssid/cloneid specifies the archive save set to recover. To recover a cloned archive save set, specify both the save set ID and the clone ID. You must specify at least one annotation or save set ID.

   • -i{N|Y|R} specifies how the NetWorker server should handle a naming conflict between a recovered file and an existing file:

     • iN does not recover the file when a conflict occurs.
     • iY overwrites the existing file when a conflict occurs.
     • iR renames the file when a conflict occurs. The recover process appends a .R to each recovered file name.
   • path specifies the file or directory to recover. When you do not specify a path, NetWorker recovers all data in the archive save set.

   The UNIX man page and the NetWorker Command Reference Guide provides detailed information about additional options for the nsrretrieve command.