Re: BIG RESTORE
If you have access to a Unix Shell and are familiar with it, it should not be hard to write a script to do the following. 1. Execute Restore 2. Read the return code. 3. Exit is the return code is good 4. Start the restore again if it is bad -Original Message- From: Robert Fijan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 6:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BIG RESTORE Hi folks. I've the following problem: I start a restore for a Fileserver with about 20 GB data to restore. We have a 16 MB TokenRing, so we make maybe 1 GB per hour. So the restore would take 20 Hours. Now my problem is: how can I automatically restart the restore when the session ends because of time-outs or other reasons? The TSM-Client is a NT-Fileserver, the TSM-Server is OS/390. with kind regards Mit freundlichen Grüßen Robert Fijan Sitz Stuttgart Tel. (0 7 11) 8 48-23 39 Fax. (0 7 11) 8 48 44-33 11 Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: P2000 questions
yes the tab is actually being set to write protect! That's what I thought but the operator is claiming that this is happening. bizzare yes!! thanks Paul > -Original Message- > From: Robin Sharpe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: P2000 questions > > Hi Paul, > > We have a P3000, which is basically the same architecture as a P2000, I > think. Do they mean the tapes are coming out with the write protect tab > moved? I can't imagine how that could happen... I know there is no > mechanism in the P3000 that can do that! If they mean that the tapes are > being set to read-only mode in TSM, there are several conditions that can > cause that to happen, probably the most common are read or write errors. > > Robin Sharpe > Berlex Laboratories > > > > "Coviello, > Paul" > C-NH.ORG> cc:(bcc: Robin Sharpe/WA/USR/SHG) > Subject: > 09/14/01 P2000 questions > 08:39 AM > Please > respond to > "ADSM: Dist > Stor Manager" > > > > > > > > Hi, we have a ATL P2000 with 4 DLT tape drives. the operators are telling > me that some of the tapes are coming out write protected! Does anyone > know > if this is possible and if so why? > > thanks > Paul > > Paul J Coviello > Sr Systems Analyst > Catholic Medical Center > 2456 Brown Ave > Manchester NH 03103 > (603) 663-5326 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: append a file to mksysb image
Hmm interesting. Mksysb used to copy the rootvg file systems to the 4th tape file. I hadn't tried disk. Ran a test and it turns out mksysb is using backup to just copy files to your disk mksysb file. Ergo to get a single file, use restore. Check the man pages. This was on an AIX 4.3.3. system. Make sure you aren't at top level / when you run the command or it will overwrite existing /etc/hosts. I would: cd /tmp restore -T -f /wherever/whatever.mksysb.file to verify this is going to work. restore -x -f /wherever/whatever.mksysb.file ./etc/hosts Note on the restores, you get a prompt Please mount volume 1 on /wherever/whatever.mksysb.file ... and press Enter to continue just hit enter and the program should continue. Restored file should then be under /tmp/etc/hosts As to your second question: anything is possible, but who wants to learn how to write a program to mimic backup format. Use mksysb to restore an operating system. Use TSM to restore changing files. To do what you want, you could restore the entire mksysb backup file (assuming you have enough disk space), edit/modify the host file then back it up again. The man pages says these file mksysb are only good for NIM restores and are not bootable as a tape would be. > -Original Message- > From: Pothula S Paparao [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thu, September 13, 2001 11:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: append a file to mksysb image > Importance: High > > Hi , > I know that this is AIX related question , i have ray of hope that some > body could help me in this regard. my query is. > Its possible to restore a single file (/etc/hosts) from mksysb image that > is stored in my hard disk (not in tape). like wise, is it possible to > append the same file to the same image after modifying the contents of it. > how? > > Help in this regards is highly appriciated. > thanks in advance. > regards > sree.
