Fbackup and restore

[juno2]

I use fbackup to backup the files , and use sam to restore files , but the subdirectories can't be restore eg.

fbackup:
/home/usera/abc
/home/userb/def
/home/userc/ghi

but only the following files are restored ,
/home/usera
/home/userb
/home/userc

the files abc , def , ghi are disappeared , how can i restore it ? thx

[Michael Tully]

First let's check what is on the tape:

# frecover -I /tmp/index -f /dev/rmt/?m

If they are, then create a simple text file

# vi /tmp/graph
insert like this

i /home/usera/abc
i /home/userb/def
i /home/userc/ghi

Save the file
Running this should recover the files.

# frecover -xg /tmp/graph -f /dev/rmt/?m

Change the ?m to your corresponding device.

[Zigor Buruaga]

Hi,

Maybe a wrong syntax while adding components to be restored in SAM?
I can't remember now, but try with lines like
"/home/usera/" or
"/home/usera/*.*"

Also check if the files are really backup up.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Zigor

[malay boy]

Hi,
Check whether the subdirectories exist in the tape using :
frecover -f -I /tmp/index

do a grep on /tmp/index , e.g:

grep /home/usera/abc /tmp/index

if exist next do the frecover with inclusion and if not exist,do another backup.

is the subdirectories abc , def are NFS...

if nfs you need to -n for fbackup.

regards
mB

[juno2]

I have checked that the files are exist.

[Michael Tully]

If the files exust on the tape, then there is no reason why you can't restore them from the commands I've given you.

[juno2]

thx TG,

I think the sam function can't restore the files on the sub-directory ( only files under /home but not usera , userb , userc ) , you method is good , but I have over 200 files under usera , how to restore all the files (including the subdirectories) under /home ? thx

[juno2]

not TG's method , It should be Michael Tully's method .

[Michael Tully]

If you create the 'graph' file as suggested but using only the diretory name it will restore the whole directory and everything underneath it. Do not use wildcards.

e.g. graph file
i /home/usera

Will restore all files and subdirectories underneath it.

# frecover -xg /tmp/graph -f /dev/rmt/?m

[Con O'Kelly]

Hi

The following command should restore everything under /home to its orginal location.

# frecover -x -v -f -i /home


Cheers
Con

[Zigor Buruaga]

Hi,

I have just tested with SAM, and it works fine.
I have added "/home/" directory to be restored and all its files and subdirectories has been restored.

Regards,
Zigor

[Elena Leontieva]

Think you should use overwrite -o option, like:

frecover -x -o -i /home/usera -f /dev/rmt/...

Elena.

[juno2]

I can extract all the files by "frecover -x -v -f -i /home " , I tried to add "-F" to intend to restore to local drive , but all the directories are omitted, all files are restored to local drives but not in its directory , how can I restore it to local drive and directory by directory ? thx.

[Con O'Kelly]

Hi

Have you tried using the "-X" (Capital X) option. This will restore to the current directory & include the directory structure.

# frecover -xv -X -f -i /home

Cheers
Con