> Got a File Server with a share that is approx 400GB and contains > millions of files. > San Media Win2k3 Sp2 & NBU 7.0.1 talking to a 7.0.1 Master > > Problem: We have identified 40,000 files, of various types (ie: > word, excel, jpeg, bmp, pdf) that are ZERO bytes. They appear to > have been like this for 4 months [...] > > 1) Files are scattered across various folders / subfolders that are > in use > 2) I cant just restore everythink back to its original location, > because there are files that have been recently used and amended
Restoring from a file of filenames (as has been suggested), to a different directory, would be my preference. Then maybe script a comparison between the list of zero-byte files and the ones you have restored... If that is impractical and you have a backup of the current state of the server, zero-byte files and all, you could a) rename/move/delete the zero-byte files and b) restore the entire share to original location but do NOT check Overwrite existing files. You should get 40,000 restores and (millions - 40,000) "file exists" messages in the log. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
