On 08 5, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Michael Leone wrote:

> I am trying to disaster recover my NW server, so I can restore some old 
> client indexes. And so I was following the D/R Guide, and all was going 
> well. I did a mmrecov and "nsrck -L7 client", on my old bootstrap tape. 
> Then it turned out I needed a later bootstrap tape. So I tried the same 
> process, with a later bootstrap tape. And then the NW service wouldn't 
> start. So I just un-installed NW completely, and started the recover 
> process over again, using the same 2008-05 tape. And the service still 
> wouldn't start.
> 
> Putting back the original "res" folder (i.e., the res folder from the 
> original installation, before the "mmrecov") allows the NW service to 
> start, but now it tells me that the evaluation license has expired. Not 
> sure how it could have done that, since you get 30 days evaluation 
> license, right? .. and it's been less than a week, since I originally 
> started trying to recover my old server. (and, as I say, it had been 
> working - I did a "mmrecov" using a bootstrap from 2008-01, and it was all 
> working fine - I saw clients, was able to browse for files, etc. The only 
> thing wrong was - the data wasn't on the client drive, so I thought maybe 
> I needed to look at a later bootstrap).
> 
> Anyways, I guess I need a new grace period enabler? Do I need to ask 
> licensing for that? I don't know why it thinks the evaluation has expired, 
> nor why the service won't start at all, when using the "res" folder 
> recovered from the 2008-05 bootstrap. I see nothing in the logs at all. 

When you reinstalled NetWorker, did you delete /nsr on your DR server? If not, 
give that a try.

To request a temporary license enabler, you need to contact your local EMC 
account manager or NetWorker reseller. 

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