ignite Backup: Listing all backups

[Sanjay Verma]

Friends, I've the following line in my crontab - /opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery -Ai -d /dev/rmt/0m 2>&1.

Can you tell me the way I can get a list of all the backups being done?? Which file systems / folders etc. etc.?? or How can I identify what's being backed up?

[Naveej.K.A]

hi,

/var/opt/ignite/recovery/date,time/flist,
this file will give you the list of files which have been backed up.

the date and time is the instant when the backup was created...

With best wishes
naveej

[Suresh Patoria]

Hi,

check the following command

forward the media 1 track

#mt -t /dev/rmt/Xmn fsf 1

verify the files backedup

#tar -tvf /dev/rmt/Xmn

(Note: X is stand for ur device files like 0mn )

Thanx

[Sanjay Verma]

Naveej, I don't have any files with the name specified by you in the /var/opt/ignite/recovery folder.

Suresh, the following err. msg. is recd. when executing the tar command:
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m
Tar: blocksize = 4
directory checksum error

[Patrick Wallek]

Sanjay,

You must first space forward on the tape to bypass the boot portion.

# mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rew
# mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0mn > /tmp/file_list 2>&1

[Sundar_7 · Accepted solution]

With the -A option, everything in VG00 is included in the recovery tape.

[Wilfred Chau_1]

/var/opt/ignite/logs/makerec.log2 should list all the files in the make recovery tape.

[Sanjiv Sharma_1]

Hi Sanjay,

List of all the files backed up can be found in /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log2

[Naveej.K.A]

Hi,
I execute
make_tape_recovery -a -p /dev/rmt/0mn -x inc_entire=vg00
to archive my entire vg00 and the file list are stored in /var/opt/ignite/recovery/Time_stamp/flist.

I think you need to use the preview option to get the list of files in flist file

Thanks and Regards
Naveej

[Sanjay Verma]

Naveej, Can you tell me how the "Time_Stamp" directory gets created. I could not find that directory in my system.

[Naveej.K.A]

When i use the -p options it creates a preview and creates the directory with the name of that time stamp. It is not a date_time directory which is created. A link, latest is also created to this directory.

Then i do a make_tape_recovery -r to resume with the backup.

and ls -l on /var/opt/ignite/recovery is something like this....

total 5704
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 01:21 2004-03-17,00:49
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 17 01:58 2004-03-17,01:26
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 2892398 Jun 19 2003 arch.include
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 250 Jun 19 2003 chkrec.include
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 236 Mar 17 01:59 client_status
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 8709 Jun 19 2003 config.recover
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 7687 Jun 19 2003 config.recover.prev
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 857 Jun 19 2003 fstab
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 198 May 10 2002 group.makrec
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 16 Mar 17 01:26 latest -> 2004-03-17,6
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 1971 Jan 24 2002 makrec.append
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 485 May 10 2002 passwd.makrec
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 110 Mar 17 01:26 previews

March 17 is the last date when i created my archive. To add up i don't have a file makerec.log2 in my /var/opt/ignite/logs directory.

man make_tape_recovery for more details

With Best wishes
Naveej

[Sanjay Verma]

Thanks Naveej for the comprehensive info. I'll implement the same in my environment & will get back if experience any issues. Cheers - Sanjay