Notes on Server Independent Restores

Expiring and importing media

Even with the above server independent restore capabilities, there are still instances when it is necessary to expire media and then import it.

Identifying media spanning groups

A server independent restore operation can involve media IDs with backup images that span media. For any of these media IDs, it can be necessary to identify the rest of the media IDs that contain fragments of the same spanned images. The group of related media, in this instance, is called a media spanning group.

To identify the media in a specific media spanning group, run the following command as root on the NetBackup master server:

To display all media in all spanning groups, omit -mediaid media_id from the command.