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1. Solaris
Hi !
I wonder if in solaris 10 there is a utility similar to ignite in HP-UX that backup entire file systems (/, /usr, /var, /tmp, /home).
I have to backup only the root disk of a server, but ufsdump seem to be backing up individual file systems....only, am I correct? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: fretagi
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Everyone,
I am new to DBA stuff. I wonder if anyone can help me. Task is that, I have 10 databases and need to take backups of all the databases using data pump in Unix/Linux, compress them using gzip and use cron to schedule the job twice a day.
Appreciate if anyone can help me in... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sreepriya0987
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3. Solaris
Hi all!
Here's my situation:
I need to backup a running system before I can bring it down
I've tried performing a ufsdump while it's in multi-user mode but my ufsdump fails because there is too much activity on the system.
So I read that I could use fssnap to create a snapshot of (in my... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Keepcase
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4. AIX
we are running aix on are server. we would like to start doing online backups, but the software company that we use is not beeing much help on what files we are backing up. is there a command that will tell me what files that we are backing up. they offer a service that would back it up for use,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: shane.hankins
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
Iam trying to create a back up file for a log file which is being continously updated.
Is there a way to backup without loosing the log, while the back up is also up to date?
If i try to replace the log with an empty file, I loose the log for some seconds.
If I try to create a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: baanprog
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6. Solaris
Hello Mentors,
Before anything else I would like to thanks to all expert here especially Pressy as he guided me to recover our server from disk failure. I posted a lot of question from these forum site concerning on how to recover our server and luckly you guys help me. Our server is now up and... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: eykyn17
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can you backup the vtoc, then restore it if you somehow mess it up?
This is solaris 9, x86. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: BG_JrAdmin
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I'm about to start a regular backup schedule for my Linux system.
I need some pointers if I may :)
The system is *mainly* used as a personal home computer (it's actually a laptop running SuSE 9.2) although I do host some client material from it being a PHP developer.
I know that in... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: d11wtq
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guys,
I'm writing a shell script that presents the user with various options, they select one (numbered 1-9) and it then excecutes the correct code. No problem, but I'm having slight difficulty with one option.
The user can select to backup all the files in the current directory to another... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: indigoecho
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Ok I'm trying to backup a HD using ufsdump but no matter what I do it rewinds the tape after the dump. Now the tape isn't full (only 285mb) and I still have 6 more partitions I want to put on this tape.
How can I stop the tape from rewinding because I can't think of anything.
Also is there any... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: merlin
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