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Resolving NetWorker media database corruption

Updated 4 Jan 2001 Read time 1 min 30 sec(s) (2664 visits).

The scope of this post is to provide a procedure resolving a common issue whereby NetWorker does not recycle tapes due to index corruption.

Updated 23 Oct 2014 Read time 1 min 30 sec(s) (3052 visits).

In versions of NetWorker 7.4.x and below, it was always possible to use nsrmm to delete savesets that exist on disk backup units

Updated 1 Apr 2002 Read time 1 min 0 sec(s) (2283 visits).

To verify the integrity of the NetWorker client file indexes use the nsrck command and to verify media database use nsrim.

Updated 29 Jul 2000 Read time 1 min 34 sec(s) (3261 visits).

nsrim be default is executed by nsrd after a savegrp completes it's cycle.

Updated 8 Apr 2002 Read time 1 min 5 sec(s) (3038 visits).

A NetWorker volume expiration date is set by default at two years from the date that the volume was most recently labelled.

Updated 4 Jan 2001 Read time 3 min(s) 3 sec(s) (3013 visits).

This procedure addresses how to reduce the index size by removing the oldest full save set and its dependencies.

Updated 15 Nov 2012 Read time 45 sec(s) (2911 visits).

This can occurs when Relabelling existing or new media via the command line or using the GUI where cartridge barcode differ to the internal label

Updated 13 Nov 2014 Read time 1 min 2 sec(s) (3652 visits).

nsrim is unable to remove expired savesets which prevents data domain from performing housekeeping and prevents removing any data from the volumes

Updated 11 Aug 2002 Read time 10 min(s) 36 sec(s) (2608 visits).

This article will illustrate the tools, concepts and techniques that you can use to develop your own custom NetWorker index management procedure.

Updated 28 Jul 2007 Read time 4 min(s) 8 sec(s) (2814 visits).

A word of caution: before you begin removing a client, make sure you have a recent bootstrap backup; If we make any mistakes we can easily recover