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Some years back I had to get some special files under /dev back, which did not come back from the restore of the mksysb automatically. Here is what I did. The text and comments are in german, but I am too lazy to translate it now You will see by the commands, what I did; hope it helps
hi,
i'm having a little trouble with an AIX 5.2 script that i have written and i was wondering if anyone could please offer me some advice on how to append a savevg backup to a mksysb tape, or more importantly where i'm going wrong? i've been trying to get this to work on and off for about a... (1 Reply)
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Hello, help me please.
I am trying to create a mksysb bakup using nim. I am geting this error, how to correct it ? :
Command : failed stdout: yes stderr: no... (9 Replies)
Every 3 months we have to do backups (smitth mksysb/lsmksysb + tar) on at least 30 workstations. We have to carry around 2 external tape drives to connect to them. It is a pain to do because it takes at least 3 days to do (evening/night shift) and users sometimes complain that there desk is not put... (1 Reply)
In the several backups we do, we do a "smitty savevg" on about 15 different servers at the same time. Typing all the options on the savg screen is kind of long.
Is it possible to invoke the "smitty savevg" backups as command line (aix 4.2) but using all the options we always enter ?
It would... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I use commands savevg & mksysb to do backups on an AIX server.
Frequently, I have a return code 3.
I would know why, but after searches, I did'nt find.
If somebody know ... Tell me.
Thanks.
emetra (2 Replies)
Other then creating a exclude 'all' file. Is there a way to just create a nim savevg resource that contains just the minimum info to restore a vg. The vg's dirs and files are being backed up. -pete (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I need to plan a downtime and need know how much time is required to take mksysb & rootvg on LTO4. Following are vg informations...
# lsvg -l rootvg
rootvg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A
hd6 paging 64 128 2 open/syncd N/A
hd8... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I need to take the backup of non-rootvg using savevg utility. I would like to know, if I can take the backup without shutting down the application & database. Is it possible to take the savevg backup safely when users are working on the system ?
Regards. (1 Reply)
I am trying to restore files from savevg.
I used to smit restore and gave the file location.
Savevg is taken to a mount point from San storage and not tape back up.
Can I restore just a directory from savevg?
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
makedev
MAKEDEV(8) System Manager's Manual MAKEDEV(8)NAME
makedev - make system special files
SYNOPSIS
/dev/MAKEDEV device...
DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV is a shell script normally used to install special files. It resides in the /dev directory, as this is the normal location of spe-
cial files. Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually of the form device-name? where device-name is one of the supported devices listed in section
4 of the manual and ``?'' is a logical unit number (0-9). A few special arguments create assorted collections of devices and are listed
below.
std Create the standard devices for the system; e.g. /dev/console, /dev/tty. The VAX-11/780 console floppy device, /dev/floppy, and
VAX-11/750 and VAX-11/730 console cassette device(s), /dev/tu?, are also created with this entry.
local Create those devices specific to the local site. This request causes the shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to be executed. Site spe-
cific commands, such as those used to setup dialup lines as ``ttyd?'' should be included in this file.
Since all devices are created using mknod(8), this shell script is useful only to the super-user.
DIAGNOSTICS
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs called from the script. Use ``sh -x MAKEDEV'' in case of trouble.
SEE ALSO intro(4), config(8), mknod(8)4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 19, 1986 MAKEDEV(8)