11-19-2015 05:26 AM
Hi there
Server is 2008 R2
I have a year end backup that consists of 17 tapes spread across, now I have found 16/17 and want to continue on with the restore, and want to know, how can I force the job to continue and restore what is possible without failing because of one tape being missing.
OS is Server 2008 R2 Standard
NBU - 7.6.0.2
11-19-2015 05:57 AM
If I understand correctly, it is a backup performed by MS-Windows policy type. It is one backup ID consisting of 17 (or more) fragments - you can confirm this by Images On Tape report.
Then you have to just cancel the backup - and verify at least what was restored.
Verify that you dont have copy of this backup id somewhere.
Not sure if NetBackup can report which files were in a certain fragment - anybody here knows?
m.
11-19-2015 10:50 PM
11-19-2015 11:07 PM
Hi there
It is a single client spread across 17 tapes, however also keep in mind mind its a massive file server so the spread is neccesary.
Can you give me an example of best way to search for these images Marianne?
11-19-2015 11:16 PM
11-20-2015 01:43 AM
"Not sure if NetBackup can report which files were in a certain fragment - anybody here knows?"
Not easily ...
I believe it can be worked out from a combination of the FRAG line in the EMM ImageFragments table (or bpimagelist -l command) and the info in the images .f file
However, as I found in this post :
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/data-backed-vs-data-stored-tape
NBU seems to be doing something a bit odd with the maths behind it, so it's not quite as simple as I first thought.