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Chapter 3 Backup Procedures
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Back Up the DNCS or Application Server File
System
Overview
Consider the following points about a backup of the DNCS or Application Server file
system.
System Shutdown No Longer Required for File System Backups
System operators no longer have to shut down their system in order to back up the
System operators no longer have to shut down their system in order to back up the
DNCS or Application Server file system. The backup procedures reflect this change.
Important: Even though you are no longer required to shut down the system
Important: Even though you are no longer required to shut down the system
components, our engineers highly recommend that you schedule all your file system
backups for periods of lowest system activity.
Recommended Frequency
Our engineers recommend that system operators perform a complete system backup
Our engineers recommend that system operators perform a complete system backup
at least once a month, just prior to upgrading to new system software, as well as
after the upgrade.
Filesystem Backup Script Options
The script that backs up the file system is called backupFileSystems. You can run
The script that backs up the file system is called backupFileSystems. You can run
the backupFileSystems script with the following options:
-l — Local-tape-drive. Specifies tape drive to use on local host computer.
(for example — /dev/rmt/0h)
-r — Remote-tape-drive. Specifies tape drive on a remote host computer.
(for example — sparky:/dev/rmt/0h or 192.168.1.10:/dev/rmt/0h)
-B — Backup directory. Specifies the directory to which the backup of the file
system will be saved. The backup directory must be on an NFS-mounted
filesystem.
-v — verbose. Verbose output.
-t — tape label. Backup tape label. This must be a unique string with no spaces.
-h — help. Provides a brief description of the valid options.