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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
Code:
Clonen von Rechnern:
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Sichern:
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- rootvg mit mksysb sichern >>> wichtig: Create Map files? YES <<<
- Andere VGs (im Bsp. datavg) wie folgt sichern:
savevg -imf /dev/rmt0 datavg
Restore:
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- mksysb zurücksichern
- Restore von /dev:
cd /tmp
[tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind #Band an Anfang spulen
[chdev -l rmt0 -a block_size=512 #Blockgröße für Streamer auf 512bytes
[restore -s2 -xqdvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./blksize #Blockgröße des mksysb-Tapes ermitteln
[cat ./blksize
chdev -l rmt0 -a block_size=xxx #Blockgröße die in 'blksize' steht setzen
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
restore -s4 -xqdvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./dev #/dev in /tmp/dev zurück
find . -print | cpio -dmpv /dev #Kopieren von ./dev nach /dev ohne zu über-
#schreiben!
#Allerdings sollte diese nachträgl. zurück-
#gesicherten Devices auf Ihre Rechte über-
#prüft werden. Habe das Flag zum Bewahren
#der ursprünglichen Rechte nich gefunden.
- Andere VGs zurücksichern (Bsp.: datavg):
exportvg datavg #Alte Files/Info der datavg löschen
restvg -qf /dev/rmt0 #Rücksichern der datavg ins System
- Anschließend den cfgmgr starten
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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Discussion started by: ElizabethPJ
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backup_apropos
BACKUP_APROPOS(8) AFS Command Reference BACKUP_APROPOS(8)NAME
backup_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string
SYNOPSIS
backup apropos -topic <help string> [-help]
backup ap -t <help string> [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The backup apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any backup command that has in its name or short
description the string specified by the -topic argument.
To display the syntax for a command, use the backup help command.
OPTIONS-topic <help string>
Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only. If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double
quotes (" ") or other delimiters.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
OUTPUT
The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
backup command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line.
EXAMPLES
The following example lists all backup commands that include the word "tape" in their names or short descriptions:
% backup apropos tape
labeltape: label a tape
readlabel: read the label on tape
scantape: dump information recovery from tape
status: get tape coordinator status
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None
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OpenAFS 2012-03-26 BACKUP_APROPOS(8)
06-19-2008
You will see by the commands, what I did; hope it helps