Andrew, Were these tapes made using ndmp or were they made using a mapped drive from a NetBackup enabled client?
ndmp uses a dump file format like Solaris ufsdump. If your restoring from ndmp, once you put the NetBackup fragments back together, you will then have an Ontap compatible dump file, which you can use an Ontap restore command or Solaris ufsdump. I dont see getting around having to restore the entire dumpfile, which is a PITA for those of us use to the ease of single file restore with NetBackup, but is a reality when dealing with ndmp in combination with any 3rd party software. Why go to all this bother? Import all the tapes into NetBackup, then restore the entire qtree to an alternate location using NetBackup. Pick out the files you need and move them back where you need them. Thats really the best way to do it. You can create an alternate location to restore with inexpensive storage for less money than you can write the code to do it and youre still going to need to restore the entire dump file somewhere or write code to dynamically keep track of both the fragment structure and the dump file structure as you parse them in memory somewhere. It sounds like that should be a piece of software worth some $$$. If Im wrong here, someone please correct me. Mickey Baker Safe Data Services, LLC Independent Storage Consultant ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Wilkin Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment Ok then, I can identify that the file I'm looking for is 'x' blocks from the start of the backup image!, this is the 5th field in the *.f file. My value is 105001394 for the 5th field. How do I then go 'x' blocks from the start of the backup image on the tape? I've been using 'mt' and it uses 'files' to count, not 'blocks' as specified within the *.f file. Should I be using another utility? Thanks Regards Andrew Wilkin Computer Systems Analyst Department of Lands Panorama Ave BATHURST, NSW, 2795, AUSTRALIA Ph: 61 2 6332 8397 Fx: 61 2 6332 8457 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: www.lands.nsw.gov.au <http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au> ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 10 May 2006 8:26 AM To: Andrew Wilkin Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment No offense, but seeking to a single fragment & reading files is netbackup's job. The TOC you describe (associating fragment to file) is the quick definition of Netbackup's image catalog. You're starting to write the application you've already bought. To answer your question, I think you're going to have to mine the catalog directly for the info you're looking for. Look under the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/<client>/<timestamp>/<imagename>.f files for the file to frag info. If you're using the binary catalog, you'll have to convert them. -M ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Cashman Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:53 PM To: Andrew Wilkin Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment Try bpimagelist -backupid (backup_id) Steve On 5/5/06, Andrew Wilkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I'm after a away to extract the files that are contained within an individual BackupId that has multiple "Fragments" (File number on a Tape). If I have a single backup image and it spans many "Fragments" / File Numbers, on the media, is there a way to extract a listing's of those files from a single Fragment/File Number using a single backup id, though the are multiple Fragments for that single backup? (sorry but I've repeated myself here!) I know I can get a complete listing of a specific backup using bpmedialist and give the backup id etc. But using the Images on Media control( from the GUI), I can see the multiple Fragments on the Tape with the File Numbers, so there must be a way somehow to relate this back into the NetBackup DataBase to use it! This has come about from an historic NDMP system I've had to recover from and for the particular directory, they are 27 Fragments, and I know how to extract the NDMP backup using a SUN system, but I didn't know which file on the tape to skip to. I have managed to extract the data. But I'm hoping I can get a better solution to what I've done, by creating a TOC for each of the Fragments and grep-ping for my data to extract! Thanks Regards Andrew Wilkin Computer Systems Analyst Department of Lands Panorama Ave BATHURST, NSW, 2795, AUSTRALIA Ph: 61 2 6332 8397 Fx: 61 2 6332 8457 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: www.lands.nsw.gov.au < http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au> *************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Lands. 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