Hi All, I've had a new system dropped on me which has its config driven by the vendor rather than from the IT end. As such I'm supposed make a backup recommendation. The product backs up by using UFS functionality available in Solaris 8. This allows one to issue an fssnap command, which creates a new unix "device" which you can then mount and backup.
This example is to backup a snapshot using tar # mkdir /backups/home.bkup # mount -F UFS -o ro /dev/fssnap/1 /backups/home.bkup # cd /backups/home.bkup # tar cvf /dev/rmt/0 . This one is to back up the raw device using ufsdump # ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/rfssnap/1 OK, it looks like we can run a TSM incremental on the block device or an image backup on the raw device. The filesystem in question will contain an Oracle database so most things will chage daily anyway. Has anyone had experiance with this Snap backup functionality? any gotchas? Do you use the normal incremental backups successfully? what about images? Thanks Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin, Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia ********************************************************************** This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. **********************************************************************
