How to Restore/View Old Files
We have some really old DLT tapes with data that was backed up with a different version of BE, and of course our BE server has changed a few times since then.
My question is: How can I do a redirection restore with these tapes if we are missing tapes out of the set ?
Everytime I try to do this, I start to inventory/catalogue the tapes, and I will eventually get an error that certain media mounted, but not found - it expected one media & didnt get it - and the restore job fails every time. I have 200 tapes and I cant restore a single one - which tells me Im doing something wrong.
Surely its possible to recover stuff if youre missing tapes in a set - what happens if a company has a real disaster and needs to salvage what is left ?
FYI - I know very little about BE - so be kind ;) As Always - Thx
My question is: How can I do a redirection restore with these tapes if we are missing tapes out of the set ?
Everytime I try to do this, I start to inventory/catalogue the tapes, and I will eventually get an error that certain media mounted, but not found - it expected one media & didnt get it - and the restore job fails every time. I have 200 tapes and I cant restore a single one - which tells me Im doing something wrong.
Surely its possible to recover stuff if youre missing tapes in a set - what happens if a company has a real disaster and needs to salvage what is left ?
FYI - I know very little about BE - so be kind ;) As Always - Thx
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If that is the case, and there are lets say 10 tapes in a set - and I only have 8 of them --- then all the data is unrecoverable ?
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Sounds like the backup took multiple tapes to complete and all tapes are required to complete the set and restore.