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November 19th, 2018 07:00
Lost index files and ability to browse the save sets past a certain date
Hello.
We are using Networker 8.1 sp3
Last week we tried to perform a restore on one of our hosts and noticed we could no longer browse past the last two weeks. I verify the index files on the Admin console and noticed that all the indexes were wiped from a period of time as shown in the pic above. It looks like we lost the last 6 years of indexes. Can these be restored?
I tried to perform a scanner -I function to restore the indexes from tapes but it doesn't seem to do anything.
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bingo.1
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November 20th, 2018 00:00
If the data/the save sets are still available, there should be no problem to restore the backups.
However, the prior restoration of the CFI with "scanner -i" can also create a massive time loss.
IMHO it is better and easier to restore the whole save set to a temp directory and get the files you want from there.
crazyrov
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November 21st, 2018 19:00
Check if you have an index backup for the said backup period for the respective client. If you do then a simple nsrck -L7 -t date can get back your index files.
If your data resides on tape then as bingo mentioned running scanner -i is very time consuming and you are better off recovering the entire saveset.
HTH