Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

If cat_convert detects inconsistencies, the utility generates up to four of the following reports that depend on the types of inconsistencies reported:

• Invalid Inode Report

  This report lists invalid inodes. The following is an example:

  Type Problem Additional Information
  Dir  No Data Path element name: SUNWmlib
  Dir  No Name Filenum: 7
  File No Data Path element name: vmd.uds
  File No Data Path element name: bpcompatd.uds
  File No Name Filenum: 8356
  Dir  No Name Filenum: 8374
  

  The following describes the column information in this report:

  • Type - displays whether the item is a file or a directory.

  • Problem - displays whether no data or no name is the cause of the invalid inode.

  • Additional information - the path element name that is associated with the inode, the filenum field that the catalog received for the inode, or an error message.

• Invalid Directory Report

  This report lists inconsistent directories. The following is an example:

  Index InodeIndex 1stChild 1stDir LastChild NextIndex NextDir Name
   2539      2230     5605F    -1      5605F   788763F     -1 JSP.cla
  21281      2229    43380F    -1   1122108F   257809F  56110 fr.tmp
  24157      3330    53103F    -1   2688747F       -1F     -1 UNKNOWN
  36766      4406    98367F    -1     98367F       -1F     -1 Root
  97393      5134   471040F    -1   3136322F       -1F     -1 udst.js
  
  Total Directories: 150307
        Total Files: 1137006

  The following describes the column information in this report:

  • Index - the relative position of the directory that is reported to the catalog.

  • Inode Index - an index into the temporary file in which inode information is stored while the backup is in process.

  • 1st Child - the index to the first child (file or directory) under the listed directory. This value is -1 if there is no child. The character F follows the index if the first child is a file, or the character D follows the index if it is a directory.

  • 1st Dir - the index to the first directory under the listed directory. This value is -1 if there is no subdirectory.

  • Last Child - the index to the last child (file or directory) under the listed directory. This value is -1 if there is no child. The character F follows the index if the last child is a file, or the character D follows the index if it is a directory.

  • Next Index - the index to the next sibling (file or directory) of the listed file. This value is -1 if there is no sibling. The character F follows the index if the next sibling is a file, or the character D follows the index if it is a directory.

  • Next Dir - the index to the next sibling directory of the listed directory. This value is -1 if no sibling directory exists.

  • Name - the short name of the directory if available, or UNKNOWN if not available.

• Invalid File Report

  This report lists inconsistent files. The following is the format of the report:

  Index   Inode Index  Next Index   Name
  2364          12180        2368F  Report.doc
  39774         16642       39776D  UNKNOWN

  The following describes the column information in this report:

  • Index - the relative position of the file as reported to the catalog.

  • Inode Index - an index into the temporary file in which inode information is stored while the backup is in process.

  • Next Index - the index to the next sibling (either a file or directory) of the listed file. This value is -1 if there is no sibling. The character F follows the index if the next sibling is a file, or the character D follows the index if it is a directory.

  • Name - the short name of the directory if available, or UNKNOWN if not available.

• Invalid Directory and File Report

  This report lists both inconsistent files and directories. The following is the format of the report:

  Index   Inode    Type          Name
  2363    11134    Directory     /Documents/Directory 1
  13679   10077    Directory     /Documents/Directory 2
  Total Directories: 460724
        Total Files: 3426572

  The following describes the column information in this report:

  • Index - the relative position of the file as reported to the catalog.

  • Inode - the inode number of the file or directory that is reported to the catalog.

  • Type - displays whether the item is a file or a directory.

  • Name - the short name of the directory if available, or UNKNOWN if not available.

Specify one of the following to convert:

• To specify a target file, the source must be a file.

• To specify a target directory, the source must be a directory.

  If the source is a directory, you must use -a2b.

  The new files that the conversion creates convert to the specified format, and the original file names are used in the target directory.