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Is there any way to restore files backed up using ms-windows-nt policy type to unix

Updated: 11 Nov 2010 | 5 comments
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how to restore windows files to a unix machine?

if not possible, is there any work around to get these files directly to unix ?

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Stefanos Monovasios's picture
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You can try Netbackup will

You can try

Netbackup will restore the files to the client. But after that please check that you have all the files to the unix system.
Do not expect that security permissions to be restored.

stefanos

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well, i gave it a try, the

well, i gave it a try, the thing is that NBU refuses to accept unix path format "/xyz".

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Try using bprestore from

Try using bprestore from CLI

 

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag...

 

It will allow you to create a rename file where you can specify the new path's in the correct format. Haven't tried it, but i think it will work better than the GUI.

 

R

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Riaan Badenhorst

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OK, your problem is with the

OK, your problem is with the GUI.

For windows GUI you have to treat UNIX mount points as drive leters.

So if you want to restore to /tmp/restore/test/   then you have to put as redirect restore path the path:

tmp:\restore_path\test\

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thanks very much smpt, this

thanks very much smpt, this very much what i want.

why documentation don't have these things ?