Ignite Question on excluding the files during the restore

[Mike_305]

Hello,

Does anyone knows how to exclude files during the restore of the ignite. We have some files that were backed up when we cut the image and now during the ignite restore process we are trying to exclude those.

Any idea on how I can do that. Appreciate your help and thanks in advance.

Regards,

MJ

[Manix]

which kind of image you have ,Golden image ,or
tape /bet recovery.

Thanks
Manix

[Mike_305]

Hello,

thanks for the reply. It's a make_net_recovery file. Not a tape.

Thanks

[Manix · Accepted solution]

AFAIK this doesn`t looks feasible neither i can find any such method in admin guide,

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01942571/c01942571.pdf

Yes restoring selective files rather then excluding from the archive is possible.

#gunzip -c 2008-01-17,13:53|tar -xvf - opt/ssh/etc
This will restore the opt/ssh/etc dir relative to the current path, which can be copied to the actual destination.
There are ways to do the same with "pax' as
well.

Yes while taking the backups there are the options to exclude the files.

Let`s see if some one else know more on this.

Thanks
Manix

[Mike_305]

Hello,

Giving you 10 points just for replying at late night, appreciate your help very much.

Thanks... No luck with issue. I will be curious if anyone out in HP-UX community has done this. It will be good to know.

[Dennis Handly]

>Does anyone knows how to exclude files during the restore of the ignite.

As Manix mentioned, use pax's -c option.

[Manix]

We may help you with "pax" to restore certain files and directories structures ,if you need that.But it wont re image the OS.

Do let us know.

Thanks
Manix