Hi G,
Thanks. I wish I could provide more information but that's all I have come to know, rest I am presuming.
1. SMSQL was the Application backup software
2. Each LUN was housed in a qtree
3. Vault was in place for the archival purpose.
So I am assuming, we have productions LUNs, mdf, ldf & snapinfo. SMSQL Full backup weekly -
1. Created smsql snap
2. snap were vaulted [ Here is the question that you have raised - Is it really SMSQL snap, or Vault generated snap, snap that are available are in this format - sv_weekly.xx., does that indicate they are actually not-consistent ?, can I know how does vault SMSQL snap naming conventions looks like]
3. We NDMPCOPIED the LUN inside to another Volume
4. Presented the LUN to WIN Host, we found out this only contains - MDFs for various databases.
5. We tried to import the MDF and it failed.