Ignite Backup

[Joseph Bague]

Hi all

How can I verify my ignite backup?

Many Thanks

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi Joseph,

The ONLY sure-fire way is to try to boot it on the system that created it.
If you can't get maintenance time on it, then try to boot it on a test or sandbox system.

A quick test of the "readability" of the tape would be:

mt rew #rewinds the tape
mt fsf 1 #moves one file space forward
tar tvf /dev/rmt/0mn #should start listing ALL the files on the tape. But note that this does NOT test the bootability of the tape.

HTH,
Jeff

[Kellogg Unix Team]

Hi Joseph,

Check the following ITRC doc (Doc ID # KBRC00007230) -

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062908573

[Marlene Smith]

depending on the version of ignite that you are using - cat /var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest/recovery.log - will tell you if it was successful or not - and of course the ultimate test - use it on a test box if available.