Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide

 

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This section contains information that guides you through the process of restoring 
the DTACS database. 

 

The script that restores the databases is called restoreDatabase. You can run the 
restoreDatabase script with the following options: 

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-l - Local-tape-drive. Specifies the tape drive to use on the local host. 
(for example - /dev/rmt/0h) 

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-r - Remote-tape-drive. Specifies a tape drive on a remote host. 
(for example - sparky: /dev/rmt/0h or 192.168.1.10: /dev/rmt/0h) 

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-c - check-database. Checks the integrity of the databases. (Does not fix if errors 
are found.) 

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-v - verbose. Verbose output. 

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-p - physical-restore. Performs only a physical restoration of the database and 
does not restore the logical logs. 

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-i - interactive. Runs the restoration in interactive mode. 

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-h - help. Provides a brief description of the valid options. 

 

Complete the following steps to restore the DTACS databases. 

Note: You need the tape from your most recent database backup in order to restore 
the DTACS database. 

Important: Be sure your tape is write-protected before you use it to restore the 
database. 
1  As dtacs user (sux - dtacs), type dtacsStop and press Enter. The DTACS 

processes are stopped. 

2  If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS. 
3  As root user, type . /dvs/dtacs/bin/dtacsSetup and press Enter. The system 

established the root user environment. 
Important: Be sure to type the dot, followed by a space, prior to typing /dvs. 

4  Insert the DTACS Maintenance DVD into the DVD drive of the DTACS server. 
5  Type /export/home/informix/bin/formatDbSpace.sh and press Enter to format 

the database partitions.