What should I copy if I have to do a OS backup?

[Irasela Posadas Díaz]

My server is getting rebooted automatically, I open a case in HP and they told me to instal the patch: DUV40F16-C0040500-10245-Manual-20010328.tar but first make a OS backup.

Woul you pls tell me what to do before the backup and what to copy to assure the backup is trusted?

Best regards

[Vladimir Fabecic]

Hello
To do OS backup, you must save your filesystems somewhere.
It is ussually done by making data copies on tape unit. The best way is to use vdump (if using advfs) or dump (if usinf ufs). You must backup your "OS file systems" or do entire backup.
I will make an example:
I prefer to do it in single user mode in v4.0F:
# init s
# mount -a
# vdump -0f /dev/nrmt0h /
# vdump -0f /dev/nrmt0h /usr
# vdump -0f /dev/nrmt0h /var (if it is not linked in usr)
You can also vdump all file systems.
But you must backup / and /usr !!!
Replace your tape device name with nrmt0h.
In that case you can restore system from backup if something goes wrong.
Regards

[Ivan Ferreira]

The Tru64 operating system usually uses / /usr and /var separated file systems, check with the df command. If you see these three file systems you must run:

vdump -0uf /dev/tape/tape_device /
vdump -0uf /dev/ntape/tape_device /usr
vdump -0uf /dev/ntape/tape_device /var

I recommend that you do a backup to a local attached tape device.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Sorry, the version of your operating system normally install without /var separated from /usr, and the tape device is /dev/nrmtXh, so it should be:

vdump -0uf /dev/rmtXh /
vdump -0uf /dev/nrmtXh /usr

And, if you have /var:

vdump -0uf /dev/nrmtXh /var

[Irasela Posadas]

Tks a lot for yout anweres!!

I had backed up the OS and installed the patch, the installation was succesful... but when i try to rebuild the kernel an error appear...

I rebuild the kernel just after the installation finished without reboot the server with this instruction:

# duconfig -c ORACLE-TEST

Start de rebuild and a few minutes after appear this error:

kds.mod commoressed: branch relocation out-of range, bad object file produced, can't branch from 0x.... to 0x....
kds.mod commoressed: branch relocation out-of range, bad object file produced, can't branch from 0x.... to 0x....
....
kds.mod commoressed: branch relocation out-of range, bad object file produced, can't branch from 0x.... to 0x....
kds.mod commoressed: branch relocation out-of range, bad object file produced, can't branch from 0x.... to 0x....

*** Exit 1 (ignored)
chmod 755 a.out
chmod: a.out: No such file or directory
***Exit 4
Stop
Press to continue:

Do you want to edit the configuration file (y/n) [n]: n

*** NOTE ***
A new kernel for this machine could not be succesfuly created.

Restoring the original configuration file - /sys/config/ORACLE-TEST



Would any one pls expline to me what's happen? Would you pls help me??

[Joris Denayer]

Answered in other thread

Joris