Save Set Recover and Scanner

Use save set recover to recover backed-up data that has passed the period of its browse policy but is still in the media database. You can initiate save set recover either from the command line by executing the recover program and providing specific save set identification numbers (ssid) as options, or from the Backup administration program (nwadmin). You can specify individual files or directories by including the exact path along with the ssid. Permission to perform a save set recovery is granted only to root.

Use save set recover only when the entries have been removed from the online file index (when the save set has passed its browse policy). When you perform a save set recover, you must recover the level full backup first, then recover the other backups in level order from 1 through 9, then recover the incremental backups.

If no entries for the volume exist in the media database, use the scanner program to re-create client file index entries or re-create media database entries. The scanner program can read the storage volume directly, without assistance from Backup.

To find the volume that contains the file you want, use the mminfo program if the volume is still in the media database or the scanner program if the volume is no longer in the media database. The mminfo and the scanner programs provide detailed information of the contents of the volume. This information includes:

• Name of the backup volume

• Name of the save set that contains the file you want

• Name of the client to which the file belongs

• Date and time the file was backed up