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RE: [OT] ms backup tape problem



Have you tried to go under the tools menu and choose the catalog option?

That should scan the backup set and generate a file catalog for you.

Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr John Tankard [mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:00 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ms backup tape problem


No both servers are w2k

I think the problem is ms backup is not looking at the tape

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 November 2002 19:50
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ms backup tape problem
>
>
> You didn't switch OS's on the server did you?  I found out a
> long time ago that MSBackup for Win2K will not restore tapes
> created in MSBackup for WinNT4...
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr John Tankard [mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 2:37 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] ms backup tape problem
>
>
> I have been fixing a sick server and hit a snag.
>
> Got a dead server from a customer, they don't have a receint
> backup and no ups :-o
>
> To cut a long story short, I have taken the stuffed disk and
> put it into my server use MS backup and dumped it to dat DSS4
> tape, log reports a good copy.
>
> I have re-installed w2kServer onto the disk, then installed
> arcserve onto the new server then recoverd the system setup,
> and all directories. Up to this point all ok. The server
> re-booted and looks almost normal, 1 problem sql server will
> not start, because it cannot see its data. (and the sql agent
> cannot copy the data back because sql is not running) so my
> plan was now to return the drive to my server use the
> msbackup to copy back the sql data and logs.
>
> Here is the problem
>
> When I go into ms backup select restore, select the tape I
> want I see a folder with a ? Mark in it x2 click does nothing
> but flash dlg box up so fast I cannot see it, if I try a
> restore all again nothing. I am beginning to think there is a
> problem with the backup set (the data on the disk might be
> stuffed anyway but I would like to give it a go)
>
> Any ideas
>
> 1) how to read the ms backup tape
>
> 2) use arcserve to restore the data in a form I can copy
> back, and then start sql server.
>
>
> I do have sql server 2000 sp3 on my server but the customers
> server looks like sp1 to me, I don't want to restore customer
> master to mine and stuff mine.
>
>
> John
>
>
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