topic Re: Can an smo restore work, if any part of the directory hierarchy has been deleted ? in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Can-an-smo-restore-work-if-any-part-of-the-directory-hierarchy-has-been-deleted/m-p/39874#M7101 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>This happens, because host-side restore is being used - recreation of directory structure should do the trick.</P><P></P><P>Another option is to use storage-side restore, where the volume is rolled back, so having directories in place is totally irrelevant.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:21:39 GMT radek_kubka 2012-06-06T15:21:39Z Can an smo restore work, if any part of the directory hierarchy has been deleted ? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Can-an-smo-restore-work-if-any-part-of-the-directory-hierarchy-has-been-deleted/m-p/39870#M7100 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt;">Hi,</SPAN></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt;"></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt;">One of my partners is asking the following question regarding restores with SMO:</SPAN></STRONG></P><P><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt;"></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;">Can an smo restore work, if any part of the directory hierarchy has been deleted ?</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;">Do we need to re-create the missing hierarchy ?</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;"> </SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;">For example:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;">The TST640_1 was removed as a test for restore:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;">Failure in ExecuteRestoreSteps: K:\ORACLE\TST\SAPDATA1\TST640_1\TST640.DATA1 (The system cannot find the path specified)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;"> </SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #1f497d;">I suspect if I were to re-create the directory the restor would work.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:25:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Can-an-smo-restore-work-if-any-part-of-the-directory-hierarchy-has-been-deleted/m-p/39870#M7100 biescas 2025-06-05T06:25:40Z Re: Can an smo restore work, if any part of the directory hierarchy has been deleted ? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Can-an-smo-restore-work-if-any-part-of-the-directory-hierarchy-has-been-deleted/m-p/39874#M7101 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>This happens, because host-side restore is being used - recreation of directory structure should do the trick.</P><P></P><P>Another option is to use storage-side restore, where the volume is rolled back, so having directories in place is totally irrelevant.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:21:39 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Can-an-smo-restore-work-if-any-part-of-the-directory-hierarchy-has-been-deleted/m-p/39874#M7101 radek_kubka 2012-06-06T15:21:39Z