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victory_1
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tru 64 backup and revcovery

Hello

I am new to tru 64 OS ver 5.1 .I need detailed documentation and web sites for backup and recovery in a DR scenario.

Thanks

VIJAY
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Mulgund
Frequent Advisor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

There are some good topics on archiving
in these docs.

System Admin. Guide:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/ARH9FETE/TITLE.HTM

AdVFS Admin guide.
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/ARH96DTE/TITLE.HTM

LSM guide:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/ARH9BDTE/TITLE.HTM

I haven't seen any doc. specific to disaster recovery in Tru64.

Hope this helps.
-Srinivas.
Han Pilmeyer
Esteemed Contributor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

If the first reply doesn't help you, then perhaps you should describe in more detail what you mean by "backup and recovery in a DR scenario". There are quite a few different things that could apply to such a description.
victory_1
Advisor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

Well going through the first reply , I have got

info on how backup and restore is done using

vdump and vrestore. I want more details

regarding how when a system crashes , file

system becomes corrupt ,devices fail to get

identified , Is there any stepwise dr backup

and recovery process that is followed like

making a boot tape,etc.

Any good documentation on the same will be highly appreciated

Thanks

VIJAY

Mulgund
Frequent Advisor
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Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

Sec. 9.7.5 Restoring or Duplicating a System (Root) Disk of Sys. admin guide details about root disk recovery.

AdVFS Admin guide describes this:
6 Troubleshooting
* Recovery of a single user file (Section 6.1)
* System recovery (Section 6.2)
* Recovery and restoration procedures for a number of common problems (Section 6.3)
* Preventative maintenance strategies (Section 6.4)

Sec 9.10 : Creating a Standalone System Kernel on Tape using bttape utility.


Hope this helps.
-Srinivas
victory_1
Advisor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

Hi Mulgund

Thanks a lot . I think that is what I was

looking for and should be enough info .

Thanks

VIJAY
victory_1
Advisor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

Hi Mulgund

I went through this and the document becomes

quite huge. Can you please help me with a brief

document which just briefly tells the steps

with the commands to do a recovery

You can send the doc at my email id :vrags@hotmail.com

Thanks

VIJAY RAGHAVAN
Johan Brusche
Honored Contributor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery


Vijay,

You migth find some useable ideas in the best practice section:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/best_practices/sys_bps.html

The basic steps in a DR situation (ie data replication) are:

freezefs (to stabilize fs metadata)
Stop replication
thawfs
Make replica available to OS.
mount -o dual filesystem on replica
Make backup with 'intelligent' backup software like OpenView Dataprotect or Legato Networker. These soft packages know how to handle a jukebox and archive indexes.
vdump has no such functionality.

__ Johan.


_JB_
victory_1
Advisor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

Hello all

I have made a small doc which covers all apects

as given by your suggestions.

Please review this doc and give your valuable

feedback

Thanks

VIJAY
victory_1
Advisor

Re: tru 64 backup and revcovery

Thanks for all help and all replies.But the client whom I am working with does not want to go for a tape restore solution.

Please help me with a brief doc which explains
about system cloning capabilities from which the OS can be recovered.

I would appreciate an early reply as we need to

give this to our client at the earliest

Thanks

VIJAY