NetWorker Server Recovery Requirements

Task 8: Recover the NetWorker Server Data

 

Important: Recovery of volume mount points and their data requires special

 

handling. It cannot be done using save set recovery. If you attempt to recover

 

a mount point and the mounted volume’s data in a single operation, the data

 

will be recovered to the root of the host volume and recovery of the mount

 

point will fail. To successfully recover the mounted volume’s data, you must

 

first manually recreate the mount point, using the same path as the original.

 

You can then perform a separate NetWorker file recovery to restore just the

 

mounted volume’s data (without including any of the host volume’s data in

 

the recovery).

 

For more information about backing up and recovering mount points, refer to

 

the Legato NetWorker Administrator’s Guide, Microsoft Windows Version. For

 

information about creating mount points, refer to the Windows Online Help

 

topics on creating mounted drives and using the Disk Management utility.

 

Note: This special handling is not required when performing ASR recovery.

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To recover the remainder of the NetWorker server data:

1. Log on to Windows with local administrator privileges.

Note: Directed recovery of SYSTEM save sets is not supported. To recover SYSTEM save sets, you must be logged on to the computer being recovered with local administrator privileges.

2. If you are using an autochanger, make sure it has been inventoried. See “Task 6: Reset and Inventory the Autochanger” on page 74. This ensures that the NetWorker server can recognize the location of each volume.

3. If you load a clone volume, the NetWorker software uses the clone volume for the remainder of the recovery process if either of the following is true:

• The original volume was not added back into the media database.

• The original volume was added back into the media database, but it was not placed in an autochanger and inventoried.

However, if the original volume was added back into the media database, placed in an autochanger, and inventoried, the NetWorker software prompts you to mount the original volume.

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