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SBMTMiller
Level 4
8 years ago

File Server Change Without Addressing EV Files

Hello recently migrated data from a file server that unknowingly contained FSA EV files. We created a CIS share using the same name as the old file server. We now have the old server and the new CIS ...
  • plaudone1's avatar
    plaudone1
    8 years ago

    Hi, 

    The -pm option will not work as it attempts to migrate the placeholders and archive point from source to destination. The following should be used to restore the items out of the archive. I had left out the -t in the last post. 

    FSAUtility -t -s \\server\e$\docs\projectabc -d \\server\docs\projectabc -r -l 0

    Regards,

    Patrick 

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plaudone1
Level 6

Hi SBMTMiller,

As long as the target is still in the console you can run an FSAUtility command to restore the data to the new location. 

FSAUtility -t -s \\old_server_name\Volume_target\Folder_target -d \\target_server_name\share\folder

This should restore all of the latest versions of the files to the destination location and will restore all sub-folder content as well.  

Regards,

Patrick 

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SBMTMiller
Level 4
8 years ago

The old target was \\servername with c: and e: mapped in EV

The new CIS share is \\servername w/o the c: & e. If you UNC to servername, its going to the new CIS share now.

Effectively the old server no longer exists in EV because there are no drive letters. And the old file server name is now the new CIS share name.  

 

  • plaudone1's avatar
    plaudone1
    Level 6
    8 years ago

    Hi,

    The command is only looking in the database.  As long as the old server and volume targets are present in EV, and the archives have not been deleted, the command can restore the archived data to any destination path.  

    If the old target and volumes have been removed from EV then more work would be required to retrieve the data out of the archives.  It may require a Support case if the targets cannot be added back to the configuration.  

    Regards,

    Patrick 

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      SBMTMiller
      Level 4
      8 years ago

      I dont understand how to write the command. Source and destination are the same names with just the drive letter missing on destination.

      -s \\server\e$\docs\projectabc

      -d \\server\docs\projectabc

    • plaudone1's avatar
      plaudone1
      Level 6
      8 years ago

      Hi,

      You can execute the command like this to run in report mode and logging enabled. 

      FSAUtility -s \\server\e$\docs\projectabc -d \\server\docs\projectabc -r -l 0

      As long as docs is a share it should be able to process the restore.  The log file will be in the Install_path\Enterprise Vault\Reports\FSAUtlity folder. 

      Regards,

      Patrick 

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        SBMTMiller
        Level 4
        8 years ago

        Reporting doesnt work, "place holder migration does not support report mode". I think I have the paths right now but when I try the -pm command <paths> it ultimately fails with "there are no archives under the source path that can be migrated." Any other ideas? Thanks for the help.