Rebuiding DataStage job from the DataStage Project folder

puppyc · Post by **puppyc** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:06 am

I had a crash which I had to restore the xmta repository from an older backup. Unfortunately we don't have a back/export of the jobs, but the datastage project folder is current and have all the jobs that we are looking.

The question is has anyone been able to recover datastage jobs that exists in the project folders but not is not in the xmeta ?

Thanks

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:36 am

If you haven't done so already, definitely involve support in this...

UCDI · Post by **UCDI** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:56 am

Its a bit late, but step 1 is to back up everything you have NOW. Damaged or not, take everything and dump it somewhere. Then if your attempts to restore and fix it make things worse, you can get at least this much back.

Beyond that... I am just a dev, but I export and back up my own work on the side. The company has backups etc, but I am paranoid and have a "hands on" mentality.

puppyc · Post by **puppyc** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:33 pm

Yeah I've already opened up a PMR and basically support says that you can recover the project folder from xmeta but not the other way around.

Looks like it's back to square one..

Thanks!

puppyc · Post by **puppyc** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:54 am

I was wondering if a dsx file can be constructed from the data stored in the Project folder files?

Has anyone tried this before?

Thanks

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:31 am

I doubt it, but I don't know. The "syncproject" script might be worth a try. Search on it.