Legato Networker ClientPak and Storage Node User's Guide

Chapter 3: Recovering Files

491520 -rw-rw-rw- 0 MANAGER.SYS 211 Jan 31 14:06 rep1

save time: Tues Sep 30 14:08:10 1997

location: projects.001 at /dev/rmt/0mbn

Display more versions of ‘projects/project1/reports/rep1’ [y]?

Table 3 explains the information in the previous example of a backup history.

Recovering a File with an Earlier Backup Date

If more than one version of a backed-up file exists, NetWorker automatically recovers

the file with the backup date immediately before the browse time. The default browse

time is midnight (23:59:59) of the current day.

For example, if you have three versions of a file with save times of 14:08:10, 14:08:55,

and 14:21:44, NetWorker recovers the file with the browse time of 14:21:44 because it is

closest to the default browse time of 23:59:59.

You can recover an earlier version of a file by changing the browse time. The browse

time must be later than the save time of the file you want to recover, but before the next

backup. For example, to recover the file with the save time of 14:08:10, you could

change the browse time to 14:08:50. If you change the browse time to 14:09:00, then the

file with the save time of 14:08:55 is recovered.

This section assumes that you have started the NSRRECOV program and have

displayed the backup history of the file.

Table 3. Information in the Backup History of a File

Information Example

Block Count 491520

Does not apply in MPE environment

File mode permissions -rw-rw-rw

Link count 0

Does not apply in MPE environment

Owner of the file MANAGER.SYS

File size 211

Last date file modified Oct 31 14:06

filename rep1

Save times Fri Nov 28 15:45:11 1997

Fri Oct 31 15:46:28 1997

Tues Sep 30 14:08:46 1997

Location projects.001 (the backup volume)

/dev/rmt/0mbn (the backup device)