if you only do full ndmpcopy, you dont need restore_table you should only care if you do incremental

see : http://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=ntapcs342&resour... << *Cause of this problem:* Restartable restore and incremental restore depend on the symbol table.

*Fix: * There are several common causes that prevent restore from initializing: Both incremental and restartable restores rely on a file called "restore_symboltable". This file is currently located in the root of the subtree being restored. If this file is corrupted or deleted, incremental or restartable restores will not proceed until an appropriate version of the file has been recovered.

If the file is permanently lost, for users of restartable restore, start the restore over from the very beginning. For users of incremental restore, rerun all previous base and incremental restores before the current one.

Last updated: NOV 2000

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kyle wrote:

I run multiple ndmpcopies daily, and want to know if after each successful copy should the restore_symboltable be removed or should I always leave it around? There is no space issue, I just want to know what the correct way to handle this is.

Thanks.