fbackup & Linux

[IT Department_3]

hello, world

I've got two boxes:
1st - Linux with DLT drive attached
2nd - HP-UX without tape drives
I need to backup HP-UX files on Linux machine.

On HP-UX I launch:
# fbackup -f LINUX_MACHINE_NAME:/dev/st0 -i HP_UX_FILES -v
after that I get the error messages:

fbackup(1004): session begins on Sun Sep 21 16:26:02 2003
fbackup(3004): writer aborting
fbackup(1002): Backup did not complete : Reader or Writer process exit

what's wrong with it?
I configured .rhosts and /etc/inetd.conf on Linux machine

The similar problem I experience with Soalris machine

[Steven E. Protter]

There are a few methods that will work for you.

1) Export the relavent directories on the HP-UX machine in /etc/exports Then exportfs -a to make them available. You will need to mount them from the unix side. Then you can back them up from the Linux side. You will need to make sure /var/adm/inetd.sec is not blocking acesss.

2) You can have Secure Shell installed on HP-UX and openssh on Linux. Then after exchanging public keys, you can use scp to bring files to a local filesystem on Linux and them back them up. I'm attaching a cookbook on how to exchange the keys.

3) You can install Samba on Linux and CIFS/9000(which is samba) on HP-UX. This lets you make certain filesystems available to the Linux machine so you can do the backup.

I'm attaching links that includes all the software you need on the HP-UX side.

Secure shell
http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=T1471AA

CIFS/9000 samba server
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

CIFS/9000 samba client
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA

Configuration of CIFS/9000
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8725-90021/B8725-90021_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8725-90021/00/00/43-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8725-90021/00/00/43-toc.html&searchterms=configuration%7cCIFS/9000&queryid=20030921-081856

SEP

[Suresh Patoria]

Hi,

Linux hostname have entered in /etc/hosts file

Thanx

[melvyn burnard]

It will not work, as there is no fbackup for Linux or Solaris. Fbackup is HP-UX only.

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
Don't expect fbackup to work across different platforms, it is a HP-UX tool.
If you absolute want to backup the HP-UX client from Linux, NFS-mount the HP-UX filesystems on the Linux box and use some Linux tool for backup.
Or better, use a backup tool which supports multiple platforms (as Data Protector or Legato Networker).