List files backed up from catalog

Have you ever asked yourself what have been backed up in a Data Protector job? In the internal database, within sessions you only see the objects done, however no information regarding backed up files and folders. You normally would see the files and folders when browsing to restore context or when using “restore by query” function in Data Protector.

With a simple command you now can retrieve the content of the backup done. The command queries the catalog of the internal database for a given session ID and object.

The command I used: omnidb -winfs server.demo.local:/F "server.demo.local [/F]" -session 2013/04/02-4 -catalog.

The output (cutted) is displayed below.

Update: If your session spawns one media only you might also use the command omnimm -catalog < medium > which delivers a similiar output. In GUI you could use the function “list from media” in restore context.

Protection    Owner    Group       Size    Time              Path
===============================================================================
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 11:04:11 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/
----r-----       -2  nogroup     604672  27.04.2012 13:09:13 /Install/NB/8540p/sp48109.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup  266051536  27.04.2012 13:16:44 /Install/NB/8540p/sp53191.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    8638840  27.04.2012 13:14:17 /Install/NB/8540p/sp53375.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   23839856  27.04.2012 13:14:48 /Install/NB/8540p/sp53394.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    4019352  27.04.2012 13:09:07 /Install/NB/8540p/sp53694.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    9721920  27.04.2012 13:14:19 /Install/NB/8540p/sp53795.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    8111712  27.04.2012 13:05:46 /Install/NB/8540p/sp53806.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   28550392  27.04.2012 13:09:34 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54149.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   22394016  27.04.2012 13:14:11 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54248.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    9481856  27.04.2012 13:18:38 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54257.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    4180808  27.04.2012 13:05:37 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54549.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   81326552  27.04.2012 13:12:07 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54600.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   48868760  27.04.2012 13:19:57 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54620.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   28575632  27.04.2012 13:12:10 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54635.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    6580120  27.04.2012 13:14:10 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54714.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    2912216  27.04.2012 13:17:53 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54740.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   27476040  27.04.2012 13:06:05 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54841.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    4711104  27.04.2012 13:09:02 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54887.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup   24835752  27.04.2012 13:10:41 /Install/NB/8540p/sp54890.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup  251788408  27.04.2012 13:07:22 /Install/NB/8540p/sp55192.exe
----r-----       -2  nogroup    8594016  27.04.2012 13:01:01 /Install/NB/8540p/sp56768.exe
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:40:50 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP45229/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:41:03 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP46063/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:41:13 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP46768/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:41:15 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP46972/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:41:16 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP47231/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:41:18 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP47527/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:41:33 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP47593/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:43:18 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP47594/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:43:29 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP48061/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:45:26 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP48062/
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:45:51 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP480
d----w----       -2  nogroup          0  03.12.2012 10:45:53 /Install/NB/8540p/SWSetup/SP48109/

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You could also list the media contents from the Restore context menu. Just change the view to List from media. This is more of less the same information provided by omnimm -list_media SYN123L6 –detail or omnimm -catalog SYN123L6

Regards,
Sebastian

Is there any script which lists the media catalog of a complete session?

We have one clustered file server with 15 volumes, 20 volume hard links and 100 millions files. It’s hardly impossible to locate single files or directories in the internal database. I would prefer a complete file list which could be scanned with GREP.

danielbraun says:

16. May 2013 at 17:21

Hi Michael,

using the command omnidb -session 2013/04/02-4 -detail you could list the objects for the session, grep for object name and use this as input for the command I described in the article. Example output of the command here: Object name : consult-nb06:/F 'consult-nb06 [/F]'.

Best regards
Daniel
- Michael says:
  
  17. May 2013 at 08:30
  
  Hi Daniel,
  
  because of the large file server and many volumes, I’ve to deal with 63 objects and about 50 B6200 media.
  
  It would be really nice to get an universal session-catalog report or script.
  
  Regards,
  Michael
- danielbraun says:
  
  22. May 2013 at 06:27
  
  Hi Micheal,
  
  In your case there is no single command available. A script is required to do the job. You could prepare an enhancement request to ask HP for a single command.
  
  Best regards
  Daniel

Hi all

The command:
omnidb -filesearch host.domain /aaa/bbb/ccc/dir_name file_name

is producing the following output:
ObjType ObjName Description PathName
=====================================================================================
FileSystem host.domain:/aaa/bbb/ccc “/aaa/bbb/ccc” /aaa/bbb/ccc/dir_name/file_name

How can I list all “Backup versions” of that file?

Thanks
George

danielbraun says:

14. January 2015 at 12:41

Hi Georg,

what version of Data Protector you are using?

Best regards
Daniel
- George says:
  
  14. January 2015 at 12:49
  
  Hi Daniel
  
  I am using:
  
  omnidb -version
  HP Data Protector A.09.00: OMNIDB, internal build 87, built on Tue 10 Jun 2014 04:08:07 PM CEST
  
  Regards

Hi Daniel

The command:
omnidb -filesearch host.domain /aaa/bbb/ccc/dir_name file_name

How can I list all “Backup versions” of that file?

I am using:
omnidb -version
HP Data Protector A.09.00: OMNIDB, internal build 87, built on Tue 10 Jun 2014 04:08:07 PM CEST

Thanks

danielbraun says:

27. January 2015 at 15:58

Hi Georg,

sorry for the delay… Need to check this first.
Will inform you once I have found a solution.

Best regards
Daniel

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