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Conference decwet::networker

Title:	NetWorker
Notice:	kits - 12-14, problem reporting - 41.*, basics 1-100
Moderator:	DECWET::RANDALL.com::lenox

Created:	Thu Oct 10 1996
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	750
Total number of notes:	3361

665.0. "Clone tape questions about recovery and bootstrap" by NQOS01::rdodial_port11.32.81.16.in-addr.arpa::Curle () Thu May 08 1997 17:52

I am trying recovery procedures and my latest bootstrap is: 8334 files 72 on 
volume JFUL.001.  But I am also recovering from the clone tape, so I ran the 
scanner command against the clone tape it shows: bootstrap is 8334, files 5 
on volume JSTL.005.  Why does the files show different?  

Also if I lost tape JFUL.001 and I wanted to restore from the clone tape, how 
do I do this?  The Recover tries to go to JFUL.001 and I want to point it to 
JSTL.005.  I have also tried Directed Recover and SaveSet Recover and I don't 
know how to point the recover to the clone tape.

Thanks,
Allen

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665.1		NQOS01::rdodial_port11.32.81.16.in-addr.arpa::Curle		`Thu May 08 1997 18:02`	2
	I forgot to add we are using NT V3.51 SP 5 NetWorker V4.3 Alpha
665.2	some answers	montlake.zso.dec.com::lenox	reply to [email protected] or decwet::lenox	`Fri May 09 1997 09:10`	11
	If you lost tape JFUL.001 and if you remove the tape from the media index, then NetWorker knows you have a copy of the data on the clone tape. Or if JFUL.001 is in a jukebox and the clone tape is in a jukebox, then remove JFUL.001 from the jukebox and NetWorker should then try to use your clone tape for the recover. BTW, directed recover won't be in the NT release until 4.4 is out.
665.3		DECWET::CARRUTHERS	Life gets easier when you realize you can't have everything.	`Sun May 11 1997 14:23`	21
	>I am trying recovery procedures and my latest bootstrap is: 8334 files 72 on >volume JFUL.001. But I am also recovering from the clone tape, so I ran the >scanner command against the clone tape it shows: bootstrap is 8334, files 5 >on volume JSTL.005. Why does the files show different? The following paragraph from the nsrclone(8) man page should help answer the question above. Cloning, as done by NetWorker, is not an exact duplication of volumes, but rather a duplication of save sets. The distinction is made because of the problems that exist trying to duplicate sequential media. Although the command line parameters allow one to specify volume names or volume identifiers, nsrclone always copies complete save sets. Save sets that are only partially contained on a specified volume will be completely copied, so volumes may be requested during the cloning operation in addi- tion to those specified on the command line. Note that nsrclone does not perform simple volume duplication, but rather, copies full save sets to a set of destination volumes in a given pool. If the first destination volume chosen cannot hold all of the save sets to be copied, another volume will be chosen. This allows one to use different kinds of media for each copy, and allows for variable sized volumes, such as tapes.