Hi Richard, Check the management class to which the directories are bound, and see what the RETEXTRA and VEREXISTS settings are.
Off the top of my head, this sounds like a topic covered in an older post: https://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l@vm.marist.edu/msg07963.html As an alternative, the command line client can be used to do the PIT restore. Best regards, Andy ____________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2019-04-30 12:07:38: > From: "Rhodes, Richard L." <rrho...@firstenergycorp.com> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2019-04-30 12:16 > Subject: Win BA client GUI shows empty drive for PIT restore view > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Hi, > > TSM server 7.1.5 > Win Server 2012R2 with BA client 7.1.6.2, then upgraded to 7.1.8.4 > > We're trying to do a Point-In-Time restore of a directory on a Win > server F drive. (Just one sub dir, not the whole drive.) The mgt > class is 32 32 32 32 - one month PIT restorable. > > When we bring up the Win BA gui client and just look at the F drive > we see the active files. > When we switch to active+inactive files, we see all versions of files. > When we switch to PIT restore and take the default date/time (right > "now") we see files as of last nights backup. > But ... > When we switch the PIT back to any point prior to last nights backup > we see NOTHING on the F drive. No files ... No dirs ... nothing. > The GUI shows just an empty F drive. (and the F drive has 2.3m files on it) > > Ran a SELECT from the BACKUPS table for the node and clearly see all > the files (active+inactive). > Stopped/started BA client - didn't help. > Rebooted server - didn't help. > upgraded from 7.1.6.2 to 7.1.8.4 - didn't help. > > We're going after the restore via the active+inactive view. But we > don't understand why PIT restore shows absolutely nothing. > > Any thought are more than welcome! > > Rick > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If > the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that you have received this document in error and > that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the > original message. >
