From: Patrick B. O'Brien (pobrien@DOIT.NV.GOV)
Date: Thu Sep 26 2002 - 11:39:53 EDT
That was it!! Here is the command to assure the file gets put back in the same spot;
restorevgfiles -f /vol0/.rootvg_backups/shastx/mksysb.file -r -s -d / ./home/adm/outfile.out
Thank you!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Marc Monnez [mailto:monnez.jean-marc@AGORA.MSA.FR]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:01 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Testing Disaster Recovery using mksysb and restorevgf iles
Your tape list says : ./home/adm/ls.out
It's the exact name you must use as restore command argument, don't omit the leading ./
Regards
-- JMM
"Patrick B. O'Brien" wrote :
> I tried the;
>
> restorevgfiles -f /vol0/.rootvg_backups/shastx/mksysb.file -r /home/adm/ls.out
> with the -r and no joy!
> It just comes back to a prompt. It does not restore or provide any info.
>
> I also tried;
>
> # restore -xqdvf /vol0/.rootvg_backups/shastx/mksysb.file /home/adm/ls.out
> New volume on /vol0/.rootvg_backups/shastx/mksysb.file:
> Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
> The volume number is 1.
> The backup date is: Wed Sep 25 07:46:27 PDT 2002
> Files are backed up by name.
> The user is adm.
> The total size is 0 bytes.
> The number of restored files is 0.
>
> I can list the file;
>
> #listvgbackup -f'/vol0/.rootvg_backups/shastx/mksysb.file'|grep /home/adm/ls.doc
> New volume on /vol0/.rootvg_backups/shastx/mksysb.file:
> Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
> The volume number is 1.
> The backup date is: Wed Sep 25 07:46:27 PDT 2002
> Files are backed up by name.
> The user is adm.
> 457 ./home/adm/ls.out
> The number of archived files is 59793.
>
> Any ideas on how I can restore only a file or directory from an mksysb?
>
> Thank you!!!!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adams Kevin J [mailto:kevin.adams@PHS.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:53 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Testing Disaster Recovery using mksysb and restorevgfiles
>
> According to the source, you want to specify -r too.
>
> Also, you're backing up to one place (ruby) and restoring from another
> (genoa). Maybe just a bad example.
>
> 35 # Input flags:
> 36 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 37 # -b blocks ## Number of 512-byte blocks to read in a single
> 38 # ## input operation
> 39 # ## Defaults to the default of the restore command
> 40 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 41 # -f device ## Device (file, tape, cdrom) containing the backup
> 42 # ## Default: /dev/rmt0
> 43 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 44 # -r ## Indicates files are to be restored from the backup
> 45 # ## List the files to be restored in the filelist
> 46 # ## Default: list files only
> 47 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 48 # -a ## Verify tape physical block size
> 49 # ## (only applicable if tape device)
> 50 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 51 # -s ## Specify if backup is of a user volume group (not rootvg)
> 52 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 53 # -d ## Directory to restore files to (only used with -r)
> 54 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 55 # filelist ## List of files to be restored if -r flag specified
> 56 # ## Default: restore all files
> 57 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Kevin Adams
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick B. O'Brien [mailto:pobrien@DOIT.NV.GOV]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 5:36 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: [aix-l] Testing Disaster Recovery using mksysb and
> restorevgfiles
>
> Hello AIX'ers,
>
> I'm testing my DR. I did a;
>
> #mksysb -i /vol0/.rootvg_backups/ruby/mksysb.file.
>
> To test my backup I did a;
>
> # listvgbackup -f /vol0/.root*/genoa/mksysb.file |grep /etc/hosts
> New volume on /vol0/.rootvg_backups/genoa/mksysb.file:
> Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
> The volume number is 1.
> The backup date is: Tue Sep 24 09:26:09 PDT 2002
> Files are backed up by name.
> The user is xxxxxx.
> 3275 ./etc/hosts
> The number of archived files is 30755.
>
> Then I did a;
>
> #restorevgfiles -f /vol0/.root*/genoa/mksysb.file -d /tmp ./etc/hosts.
>
> This utility scrolled through my mksysb.file file showing all the files.
> But it never restored my /etc/hosts to my /tmp directory.
>
> Has anyone been successful in restoring only a file from a mksysb using
> restorevgfiles?
>
> Thank you!!!
>
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