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Salmanbutt24's avatar
Salmanbutt24
Level 3
14 years ago

Restore specific files/folders from Netbackup Tape

My scenario is as follow 1. Recieved a media tape which was backed up through NetBackup 6.0 2. I need to restore any single file to verify the backup on that tape. I have NB 6.5 and as I searched...
7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
HP-UX
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Windows
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    14 years ago

    'AccountingToTape' is probably the policy name, right?

    To find the Policy Type, navigate to the images folder as per TN http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH59297

    Find the client name for which images were imported (PLEASE NOTE correct spelling of client name). Open 10-digit sub-directory (if there's more than one, open the newest one).

    Here you will find image files with their header files. Header files have no extention, in this format: <policy-name>_<10-digit-number>_<sched-type>

    e.g FileSystemBackups_1285351605_FULL

    Open this file with Notepad.

    Look for CLIENT_TYPE in this file (about line number 9)

    In my header file, the line looks like this:

    CLIENT_TYPE 13

    This CLIENT_TYPE is actually the Policy Type. A few examples of Policy Type numbers:

    0 = Standard
    4 = Oracle
    6 = Informix-On-BAR
    7 = Sybase
    10 = NetWare
    13 = MS-Windows
    14 = OS/2
    15 = MS-SQL-Server
    16 = MS-Exchange-Server
    19 = NDMP

    Once you have found the policy type in the header file, try to browse again. Use the two TN posted by Suryakiran21 as guidelines to specify search criteria in BAR GUI.