Tried the steps in the technote, but with no joy. Still can't get cataloguing to work...please read on.
We backup to disk on a daily basis. After this backup, the B2D files are backed up to tape.For a restore, we therefore have to trace the logs; find out which B2D files the job backed up to, then find the tapes that the B2D files backed up to.
Thing is, the catalogs are fine for the most recent backup. After they get thrown on to tape, if we do a catalog, the selection for the machine is removed.
We can only catalog with the 'Use storage media-based catalogs' option turned off. Surely this isn't right? Surely the whole point of it is the ability to use these catalogs? To Catalog 350Gb (Byte Count) on an Ultrium1 tape takes 4 1/2 hours. That is ridiculous. We shouldn't need to do it, and it makes our DR process laughable!
I've also tried cataloguing the B2D files on another server that runs 9.1. Same issue- have to deselect the option to use storage media-based catalogs, then when I go to restore the files, the machine is not listed.
Is there something in the Job log audit trail that I'm missing?
Cheers,
Al.