From: Ricardo \(Tru64 User\) (tru64user@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 15:31:20 EDT
Two suggestions came up, btcreate and vdump (btcreate
also performs vdump...)
I have always done vdump's of / & /usr(+/var) every
6months or whenever system was upgraded or patched.
Today I additionally added btcreate'ed tapes to my
emergency locker.
Command used to btcreate::
usr/sys/bin/btcreate -f -k SYSNAME -m mfs -s
/usr/lib/sabt/etc/fslist
the content of the fslist file is:
root_domain#root / advfs
usr_domain#usr /usr advfs
...simple and straight forward, from Chris Ruhnke.
Thanks to all who responded,
Chris Ruhnke, Dan Byrd, Richard Loken and Micheal
Deacy.
Richard
--- "Ricardo (Tru64 User)" <tru64user@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Can someone pass along links or actual documentation
> for BareMetal recovery of tru64 Unix servers (I have
> Alpha 4100's, v4.0G).
>
> Full backups are done via Bakbone's NetVault
> Datacenter, which i believe is only useful for
> recovering files when system is up and running.
>
> _Thanks
>
> Richard
>
>
> --- "Deacy, Michael"
> <Michael.Deacy@TycoHealthcare.com> wrote:
> > Thanks to:
> >
> > Jason Hardy
> > Bluejay Adametz
> > Nelson Kawumi
> > Michael Acklin
> > Douglas L. Thomas
> >
> > Their responses follow:
> >
> > # # # # # # # # # #
> >
> > We've been using Veritas NetBackup Datacenter v4.5
> > on Tru64 for the past
> > three or so years. Absolutely no problems. We ran
> > our master server on a
> > DS20 for the first year, but moved it to Linux in
> > the second year -- it
> > turns out that platform price was better on the
> > Linux box -- but still run
> > the client piece on several 5.1a boxes.
> >
> > Jason Hardy
> >
> > # # # # # # # # # #
> >
> > I'm using Netbackup on V4.0G, V5.1, V5.1A, and
> V5.1B
> > servers, some as
> > network clients and some as SAN-storage-node
> > servers. My master server is a
> > DS10 running V5.1A. I'm also backing up a number
> of
> > Windows servers with
> > this arrangement as well.
> >
> > As long as the hardware is working, it works fine.
> I
> > even modified a Tru64
> > installation disk to have a Netbackup client on it
> > plus some scripts for a
> > bare metal restore CD.
> >
> > - Bluejay Adametz
> >
> > # # # # # # # # # #
> >
> > Hi,
> > It is such a smooth operation. If you have done it
> > with other OS, it is
> > exactly the same (commands and syntax).
> >
> > Nelson Kawumi
> >
> > # # # # # # # # # #
> >
> > I've used it and it works fine. Only caveat I can
> > think of is If you're
> > using the java management console (jnbSA or jbpSA)
> > from Tru64, it might not
> > display properly in an Xwindows desktop on, say,
> > Solaris or AIX. Seems the
> > Java implementation on Tru64 is proprietary.
> > (surprise, surprise)
> >
> > I've used Netbackup, Legato, Syncsort
> BackupExpress,
> > and a number of other
> > solutions and I much prefer Veritas Netbackup.
> >
> > Michael Acklin
> >
> > # # # # # # # # # #
> >
> > I have been using NetBackup for a couple of years,
> > started with 3.4. I have
> > an HSG80 based SAN, a Compaq ESL9198 tape library
> > (w/40-80 drives), and
> > backup 40 clients (Tru64 4.0e, 5.1, 5.1a, 5.1b,
> > WinNT, Win2K, WinXP) with a
> > total of about 750G across all clients.
> >
> > I use a DS10 6/600 as the Master Media Server and
> no
> > other Media Servers.
> > The DS10 has two fibre HBA's and four NIC ports.
> >
> > The first problems that I ran into where network
> > related, trying to pump
> > enough data through the Media Server(s) to keep
> the
> > tape drives streaming.
> > I used a WinNT and a Tru64 Media Servers for a
> > while, but then you have
> > tapes that can only be used with one Media Server
> or
> > the other, but not both
> > (this should be fixed in V5.0 where all expired
> > media returns to Scratch).
> > I played with Multiplexing, but restores got ugly.
>
> > I ended up making two
> > Link Aggregate Groups (LAG) on the DS10, on
> separate
> > subnets.
> >
> > Then, as I ramped up more clients, I found I was
> > taking too long to complete
> > some critical clients, so I added four drives to
> the
> > library (for a total of
> > eight). This helped, but I still had to do a lot
> of
> > work to keep things
> > scheduled just right. I also didn't have Vaults
> so
> > I wasn't making off-site
> > copies very efficiently, Veritas allowed me to
> > exchange some excess Media
> > Server licenses for Vault (it took a year, but...)
> >
> > After cleaning up my SAN, I found that if I took
> all
> > of the scraps of unused
> > disk and put them into a single ADVFS filesystem,
> on
> > the DS01, I came up
> > with close to 1TB of disk space. So, I started
> > experimenting with backing
> > up to disk on the DS10.
> >
> > I now backup everything to disk, then use Vault to
> > make two tape copies
> > (on-site & off-site).
> >
> > I do full backups on Saturday (starting @ 00:30)
> > with everything completing
> > well before 23:00 when I start the Vault job.
> This
> > make everything occur on
> > Saturday, so it's easier to specify Weekly vs.
> > Monthly vs. Yearly which get
> > retained for 1 month, 1 year, and 7 years,
> > respectively. These are
> > averaging 740GB.
> >
> > Mon-Thu I do Cumulative Incremental (Friday bleeds
> > into Saturday and messes
> > up the Fulls). These run from 20:00 to 02:00,
> File
> > Servers go first so I
> > have all of the bandwidth available to do the
> > databases (cold backups)
> > between 00:00 - 02:00. I should mention that the
> > File Server starting at
> > 20:00 is WinNT on a Proliant 5500 w/100GB of disk,
>
> > the system bus must be
> > slower than the ethernet (it will be retired
> soon).
> > At 02:00 the Vault job
> > starts and completes by 07:30, usually. If there
> > are problems I have until
> > noon before Iron Mountain picks up.
> >
> > Now I am working on Disaster recovery. I haven't
> > seen much from Veritas,
> > only how to resurrect your Master Server (using
> the
> > same name and such).
> > But, I have successfully installed NetBackup on an
> > AS800 and used a
> > stand-alone tape drive to restore the NetBackup
> > database. I just need to
> > verify that things are working the way I think
> they
> > are (it failed once and
> > then worked with no problems), I'll probably
> rebuild
> > the 800 from scratch
> > and see how it works again, and again.
> >
> > Douglas L. Thomas
>
>
>
>
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