Searching a file in catalog

They were frequently asking for the database files backed up for the last full backup and we are manually checking for the files in every folder of the client using restore window.

You could still do it that way but there is a 'quick' way to doing it!

If Judy still frequented these pages she'd be able to tell you herself, but this is her response to a query I put to her sometime ago about the search facility within the Windows BAR GUI:

[within the Windows BAR GUI]

choose more then one backup if you want.

on the left choose server name at the top of the lower window (colapse down to just the server name)

now click on the Binoculars (action - search backups) you get a new window

in the Search Folder (took me a while to learn this) put in a file name or wildcarding (forget about any dirve names or slashes)

tell it to search

the left pane will open up to just the directories that it found matches in

give it a try with a file name that is 2 or 3 dirs deep and see.

I have found this very usefull when users have removed files but don't remember where they were.

from: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/problem-find-all-backup-archive-restore-windows#comment-1763321