Restore never stops running

[Scott_Chubb]

Hello,

    I have a restore I am trying to perform a restore on a single file.  This file should only be 600-700MB, however I killed the backup after 1 hour and 65GB supposedly restored.  I thought I had a bad tape, so I recalled the previous days tape, with the same problem.

   I have ran bpimagelist and the images are there, I have also run contents of media to be sure the tape could be read, and it all works.  I have performed a restore from a later date with success, so I am very afraid this is a group of bad tapes.  Does anyone have any idea what to try or look for?

[J_H_Is_gone]

Did it say 65GB restored OR 65GB read?

if the file is way down on the tape it could take a while to get to it. It will read all the stuff in front of it before getting to the file.

I have done unix restores where it finished in 20 min's.

I have done windows restores of one file where it took 4 hours to get to that file on tape.  ( in 6.0 I plan on useing check point so I can retore faster).

[Stumpr2]

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J.Hinchcliffe wrote:

I have done windows restores of one file where it took 4 hours to get to that file on tape.  ( in 6.0 I plan on useing check point so I can retore faster).

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What you want to do is setup a max fragment size on the storage unit definition.

How "Maximum Fragment Size" for a Storage Unit affects backups and restores

http://support.veritas.com/docs/239409

Message Edited by Bob Stump on 04-03-200712:25 PM