How To: Using Image QP to check the restore chain

Summary:

This article discusses using the Image.Exe application to check a backup chain and make sure the path is not broken.

Instructions:

Please follow these steps:

1. Open Command prompt window (cmd.exe) as administrator
2. CD to ShadowProtect folder, e.g.
• C:\Windows\system32>cd "c:\Program Files\StorageCraft\ShadowProtect" (Win 32-bit
• C:\Windows\system32>cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\StorageCraft\ShadowProtect" (Win 64-bit)
3. Use image.exe and option qp to query images in backup chain. Provide most recent backup file to see full chain. For example, if the latest backup file is the incremental "C_VOL_b001-i029.spi", then you can use the following command:
• C:\Program Files (x86)\StorageCraft\ShadowProtect>image.exe qp "D:\Intel_QuadCore\Win7_64Bit\C_VOL_b001-i029.spi" f=fsr “d=$n”
4. If the command prompt is returned then there was an error running the command.
5. Run: "echo %errorlevel%" 
• 2 -- "Cannot find file" The name from the command may have been entered wrong.
• 18 - "No more files" The file selected does not chain back to the base.
6. The output can be redirected to a simple text file by adding the following to the line above: > output.txt
7. Files listed in step 3 are the ones you want to keep.  If it does not return a file list then you may have typed the file name wrong.