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Operating Systems SCO Backup/RAID of HD on Old UNIX Server Post 302956624 by chrishouse on Thursday 1st of October 2015 12:09:17 PM

10-01-2015

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Originally Posted by jgt

If your software is copy protected, then it is highly unlikely that restoring the system from a tape backup will allow you to run the application, as the inode numbers will be different.
Option 1 to continue duplicating disks will work, although you will only be able to restore the data files.
Installing a new system is no where near 20k unless you have a hundred users. I have done 5 in the last 18 months, and the most expensive was 3k. Including one with copy protected software.

The 20k was updating to Windows Server and New version of App. (current version is at least 20 years old)

I just got some additional information. A bit more about the App and copy protection. Quoting maker of software:

"To get our programs and data files to work on Unix, Linux, or Windows we use another layer of software, which is a compiler from a company called Basis. This compiler is what's tied to the Unix system, and the license key is most likely tied to the MAC address of the hard drive. You were very lucky for a number of reasons that when you lost the old system the hard drive was still intact and you found an identical box."

I did not realize a HD had a MAC address, but if I am reading that correctly, backup as I am trying to do is a moot point as the restore will not work on another HD as indicated above. Maybe I am missing something, I can't believe that is correct.

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vgcfgrestore

VGCFGRESTORE(8)                                               System Manager's Manual                                              VGCFGRESTORE(8)

NAME

       vgcfgrestore - restore volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS

       vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file filename] [-l[l]|--list] [-h|--help] [-M|--Metadatatype1|2] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName

DESCRIPTION

       vgcfgrestore  allows  you  to  restore  the metadata of VolumeGroupName from a text backup file produced by vgcfgbackup.  You can specify a
       backup file with --file.  If no backup file is specified, the most recent one is used.  Use --list for a list of the available  backup  and
       archive files of VolumeGroupName.

OPTIONS

       -l | --list -- List files pertaining to VolumeGroupName
              List  metadata  backup  and  archive  files  pertaining  to VolumeGroupName.  May be used with the -f option.  Does not restore Vol-
              umeGroupName.

       -f | --file filename -- Name of LVM metadata backup file
              Specifies a metadata backup or archive file to be used for restoring VolumeGroupName.  Often this file has been created with  vgcfg-
              backup.

       See lvm for common options.

REPLACING PHYSICAL VOLUMES

       vgdisplay  --partial  --verbose will show you the UUIDs and sizes of any PVs that are no longer present.  If a PV in the VG is lost and you
       wish to substitute another of the same size, use pvcreate --restorefile filename --uuid uuid (plus additional arguments as appropriate)  to
       initialise  it with the same UUID as the missing PV.  Repeat for all other missing PVs in the VG.  Then use vgcfgrestore --file filename to
       restore the volume group's metadata.

SEE ALSO

       lvm(8), vgcreate(8)

Sistina Software UK                                      LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06)                                         VGCFGRESTORE(8)