Attempting restore with FSA Utility
So I started testing FSA yesterday with our Netapp. Looks good on the archiving side, all items were archived, I changed the archive bits on some of the coresponding .dvs files to simulate a backup which changed the icon's to the pointer icon's for me and gave teh O attribute. File size/ size on disk did not change, but I understand that is normal for Netapps(I will test this again on a new volume and see if I do actually get space back from the netapp perspective later). Where I'm at now is, I've tried to restore everything with the FSAUtility command and it doesnt seem to do anything:
D:\Program Files\Enterprise Vault>fsautility -t -s \\ca01a9001\Techdocs\Jobs\EV_
ArchiveTest
FSA Data Mover Utility.
Symantec Enterprise Vault.
Copyright (c) 2006. Symantec Corporation.
Restore files
Folder : \\CA01A9001.xxxx.xxxx.net\Techdocs\Jobs\EV_ArchiveTest
Generating file list for processing...
Total restore job dispatch... 100%
Note: File restore operation has been started.
XML Log file generated.
Done.
D:\Program Files\Enterprise Vault>
If I look at the xml file, it has no files in there to restore...
Where have I gone wrong in this test?
Side note, am I supposed to somehow be able to see FSA's through my Archive Explorer in Outlook? all I have there are mailbox archives. The permission set on the archive had "Everyone" with full access - I added my own account but I still dont see it there.
Thanks!
use the -f switch: -f Forces
use the -f switch:
-f
Forces FSAUtility to recreate the placeholders or restore the archived files when placeholders or files of the same name already exist. The utility first deletes the existing placeholders or files and then creates the new ones.
So it would look like this:
D:\Program Files\Enterprise Vault>fsautility -t -s \\ca01a9001\Techdocs\Jobs\EVArchiveTest -f
as for viewing in Archive Explorer, try using AE from internet explorer.
Tony Sterling
bluesource
D:\Program Files\Enterprise
D:\Program Files\Enterprise Vault>fsautility -t -s \\ca01a9001\Techdocs\Jobs\EV_
ArchiveTest -f
Error: Invalid user switch for -t (Restore original files) option.
I'm using EV 7.5 SP5 if that makes a difference. it didnt like that -f or -F switch.
Ah, ok, that was from the EV
Ah, ok, that was from the EV 8 utilities guide.
Tony Sterling
bluesource
Just as a side note: We've
Just as a side note: We've found the -f option in FSAUtility to be a very blunt object - without careful use it will overwrite existing files with older versions from the Vault if the names match
Chris
Dtrace EvFsaArcMngr
Before running the fsautility, set a dtrace to a log file for the process EvFsaArcMngr and the Fsautility process itself.
When restoring there is a communication between those 2 process and dtracing will help us to understand what it is going wrong.
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