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Restoring old years files

grgjtsi
Level 4

Hi,

I need to find the way that I can restore files two years ago

thx.

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RamNagalla
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read the below doc.. it will give you the way to find it

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC5146

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Marianne
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NBU will only keep backup information for as long as specified by the schedules in your policies.

So, if you can only see 2 months, there is clearly something very wrong with your retention levels.

If you still have the tapes from 2 years ago (hopefully offsite so that they are not overwritten), you can import them back into NBU.

See this TN for step-by-step instructions to import tapes: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH43584

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sri_vani
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is the files retained for 2 years?

please provide us bppllist policyname -U

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Marianne
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Please show us the policy config as per above request.

Is it possible that retention levels in schedules were changed after backups were made?
Or that this is an agent policy with different retention levels selected for Automatic and Application Backup schedule?

Is it possible that backups were done for client with different hostnames? (e.g. some backups done with shortname of client and others with FQDN)
What do you see in folder under ...\veritas\netbackup\db\images?

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Marianne
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If you import the media, the original backup dates will appear in BAR.

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sri_vani
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Step-by-step procedure on how to import NetBackup backup images

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH43584

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RamNagalla
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read the below doc.. it will give you the way to find it

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC5146

grgjtsi
Level 4

Correct me if I'm wrong, but at "Backup,Archive & Restore" I have Backup files only for 2 months...I thing that the procedure is deferent

Marianne
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NBU will only keep backup information for as long as specified by the schedules in your policies.

So, if you can only see 2 months, there is clearly something very wrong with your retention levels.

If you still have the tapes from 2 years ago (hopefully offsite so that they are not overwritten), you can import them back into NBU.

See this TN for step-by-step instructions to import tapes: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH43584

sri_vani
Level 6
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is the files retained for 2 years?

please provide us bppllist policyname -U

grgjtsi
Level 4

The retention is infinity (level 11)

Marianne
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Please show us the policy config as per above request.

Is it possible that retention levels in schedules were changed after backups were made?
Or that this is an agent policy with different retention levels selected for Automatic and Application Backup schedule?

Is it possible that backups were done for client with different hostnames? (e.g. some backups done with shortname of client and others with FQDN)
What do you see in folder under ...\veritas\netbackup\db\images?

grgjtsi
Level 4

And if I import the tapes....How do I restore by media ID and not by the date as it is at the "backup, Restore and Archive?

 

Marianne
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If you import the media, the original backup dates will appear in BAR.

sri_vani
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Step-by-step procedure on how to import NetBackup backup images

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH43584

grgjtsi
Level 4

thank you guys

sri_vani
Level 6
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#Edit#

hello grgjtsi,

"Thank you guys" shdnt be  the solution to any post wink