Brian, You may be looking for a file in a directory that has the same name as a filesystem.
Assume that /var is a filesystem with a directory named "/var/junk" and has been backing up for a few years. Someone comes along and creates a new filesystem named "/var/junk" and mounts it over the directory "/var/junk". Backups continue for some time. Now someone wants a file restored from /var/junk when it was a subdirectory in the /var filesystem. In order to restore a file from the FILESYSTEM /var/junk, you would perform a regular restore. Since they want a file from the DIRECTORY /var/junk, you would need to look in the /var filesystem for the /var/junk directory. To specify the /var filesystem, you need to enclose the filesystem variable in the query with braces "query backup {/var}/junk/lostfile". If you don't enclose the /var in braces, the query will run against the /var/junk filesystem and you will never see the file needing restore. Cheers, Neil Strand Storage Engineer - Legg Mason Baltimore, MD. (410) 580-7491 Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Laks, Brian Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 5:46 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Find Lost Files Is there a way to search for a file on a client? I have a server that has had complete backups for a long time. Recently, when trying to do a restore, I can find a particular directory in which the user insists existed just a few weeks ago. Yes, I selected inactive files in the GUI. Maybe someone knows a way I can query where the file is. I suspect the file is there, it was just inadvertently moved to a different folder. I suppose its possibly on a different server, but that seems a bit much. Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide Brian Laks Healthplan Services Open Systems Administration Office: 813 289 1000 X2160 Cell: 813 417 8513 bl...@healthplan.com _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown.This email transmission may contain confidential information.This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is intended even if addressed incorrectly. Please delete it from your files if you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance. IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.