Networker

Re: [Networker] view the content in backup tape

2010-12-17 10:41:26
Subject: Re: [Networker] view the content in backup tape
From: Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney AT NDSU DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:38:59 -0600
In regard to: [Networker] view the content in backup tape, hakeem777 said...:

I want to know how to view the content in HP LT03 Ultrium RW Data
Cartridge. Please help.

Your request is so vague that it's hard to know what you're really asking
for.

Since you're asking on a NetWorker-related mailing list/forum, I assume
that the tape contains data that was backed up by NetWorker.  Is that
correct?

If it is correct, then you essentially have two levels of granularity that
you can view, and you use two different NetWorker tools to get those
different views.

1) If you just want to see what savesets are contained on a tape, you can
either use the NetWorker Administrator GUI (launched via NMC) and select
"Media" then "Volumes" and find the tape you want and right click for
"Show Save Sets..." OR you use a query with the mminfo command line tool.

2) If you want to see what files and directories were backed up in each
saveset that's stored on the tape, you first need to find all the savesets
that are on tape and their savetimes, and then feed that information
to the command line tool "nsrinfo" to generate the report about what's
in the savesets.

If you have savesets that are partially contained on your volume, it's
very difficult if not impossible to know what files were saved on the
volume you're examining, vs. other volumes that contain parts of the
saveset.

Tim
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