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1. AIX
I have some old directories and files that I which to archive off. I have created archive using -p option with /usr/sbin/backup to a file. If I then do a du -g on the original directory and the archive differ as I'd expect due to using the p flag to compress the files < 2gb as part of the backup.
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Discussion started by: gefa
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2. AIX
I run a backup sucessfully:
find . | backup -ivqf/dev/rmt0
I want to make sure I can restore, so I change to a test directory and try this:
restore -rvqf /dev/rmt0
However, we fail with this error:
New volume on /dev/rmt0:
Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
The volume number is... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: landog
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3. Red Hat
Hi,
I need to back up a RH file system (96G).
The files are oracle .dbf format some of which are 5G in size.
I know that tar has got a size restriction of 2G so I cannot use this.
Can anyone recommend an alternative way of backuping up this FS?
I have been looking at dump but this... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Duffs22
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4. Solaris
hi,
my requirement goes something like this:
In current setup, we have SPARC server running Solaris10 5/08. Out of 3 HDD available, 2 HDD (other than root) were zpool-ed and 3 zones were created.
Now, we have bought a new server with similar H/W config and planning to move the zones... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: EmbedUX
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5. AIX
Hi experts, i got a question.
i have a production server with two Volume Group(VG) which are rootvg and datavg. Both of these VGs are 256 PP SIZE.
On Disaster Recovery Server (DR server) contains two empty hardisks for restoring rootvg and datavg from production server. This two hardisks are... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: polar
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6. AIX
Hello,
Some background so you can see what I'm trying to do on AIX:
In Windows its possible to partition a single hard drive into 2 separate logical paritions which may appear as a C and a D drive. It is then possible to to use 3rd party software such as Power Quest Drive Image to create a... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: quickfirststep
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7. HP-UX
Hello!
i have a blank harddrive and a complete tape backup of the workstation.
the backup is made with F-Backup.
Now my question is:
how can i restore my workstation?
thanks for every idea!
paul tittel
hup-si (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: paultittel
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8. AIX
I have several H80 machines, all with AIX 4.3.3. On these machines I have mksysb running for rootvg backups and savevg for non-rootvg backups.
I'm trying to get a list of files on the tapes, but I can't seem to do it with tar for the mksysb images. I keep getting the directory checksum errors?... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: uXion
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9. Solaris
Hi.... everyone could help me to understand how to do a backup of my servers .. operating systems is sun solaris 8 .
I have some question about ....
1) Is better backup phisical disk or partition ???
i sow the command is ufsdump 0cfu /expbck/bcksunver/c0t0d0s5 dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: tt155
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10. HP-UX
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Hi Guys,
I'm not new to UNIX but I am new to HP-UX. I have a proven backup and restore procedue using cpio on Solaris, however, the filesystem structure appears to be different on HP. Can anybody help me with the following questions?
1) What is the best method for performing a... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: mybeat
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can anyone help me with my backup/restore issue???