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1. AIX
Hello All,
I am trying to clone an entire AIX virtual machine to a new virtual machine including all partitions and OS.Can anyone help me on the procedure to follow? I am not really sure on how it can be done.Thanks in advance.
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Hello i am new on Solaris, and i need to migrate my old AIX 5.3 to Solaris 11.2
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3. Solaris
I have backed up the contents of my Solaris 10 machine in its entirety, and I'm trying to figure out if I can somehow use this archive to restore my old system just as it was on a new machine. Assuming I have all files from my old machine backed up, is this possible?
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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5. HP-UX
Hello,
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7. Solaris
I have unix server with OS 5.8 ,,,
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi,
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for backup list:
slot2:/disk4
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9. Linux
Please help. I am new to linux. I wrote a script to run the backup on lunix machine but the job gave me an error. I am using Linux 2.6.14.3. Below is the sample of my script can anyone tell me where went wrong? Thanks in advance.
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am new to UNIX and need help in cloning a HPUX 10.2 Ace 5, can anybody please guide me in making a full system backup.
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BAK2DB(8) System Manager's Manual BAK2DB(8)
NAME
bak2db - Directory Server script for restoring a backup
SYNOPSIS
bak2db archivedir [-Z serverID] [-n backendname] [-q] | [-h]
DESCRIPTION
Restores the database from a archived backup. The Directory Server must be stopped prior to running this script.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below:
archivedir
The directory of the archived database.
-Z Server Identifier
The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.
-n Backend Name
The name of the LDBM database to restore. Example: userRoot
-q
Quiet mode. Reduces output of task.
-h
Display the usage.
EXAMPLE
bak2db /LDAP/backups/20130305/ -Z instance1 -n userRoot
bak2db /LDAP/backups/20130305/ -n example
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.
AUTHOR
bak2db was written by the 389 Project.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
Mar 5, 2013 BAK2DB(8)