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by akhtar_syd

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I have novell 4.2 small buisness/ intranetware novell server.
i am using sbackup utility for backup and restore
of data.
backup time taken is ok. working properly.
Restoration of the full data takes normal time.
But restoration of single file takes very long time about 2-4 hrs. some time it take whole day.
How can reduce my time for restoring a single file. what are the necessary things to check
for the same at my server.
Also, let me know whether i should go for any third party utility. if so what are ...

kindly reply.
regard
akhtar

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by tech_wiz03

Been years since i dealt with novel 4.2 but if you are having trouble with backups taking longer than reasonable don't kill time get a third party backup right away. the net has lots of facilities for finding backup/restore programs ok

by first_wd40

Is your backup software keeping a database? From what you are saying I will say not for it is having to search the tape, ect.. looking for the file. Even with database you will still need to mount tape ect.. but it cuts this time way down.
Also in Novell you should be able to look in Salvage and find file if the server has not needed the space and overwritten it, if it is there this is even faster, way faster.

by pgm554

Sounds like a TSA issue.You might need to check out the latest TSA files on there website .This is a hit and miss type of thing ,a new TSA can correct an issue for one thing and break another.

What spack are you at? The last one was 9.

As for third party,they are all kinda buggy(Veritas ,Arcserve(CA))are the two best(kinda).
I have yet to work with one that works right out the box.

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