make_recovery and arch_include file

[Vinod Subramanian]

I want to add a directory and related files to the archive. I am using
"make_recovery -p -d /dev/rmt/0mn"

Can I just edit /var/opt/ignite/recovery/arch_include file
and add the directory I want to add to the archive ?

After recovering the system from the recovery tape, will it also recover all the disk partitionig information for other disks in the root volume group ?

[John Meissner]

I havn't used make_recovery but I have used make_tape_recovery

with make_tape_recovery all the partitions and data on vg00 are backed up and recovered with the tape.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Don't use 'make_recovery'. It is deprecated in favor of the more robust 'make_tape_recovery'.

# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn

...will archive vg00.

'make_tape_recovery' allows you to add additional '-x include=file|dir' so this offers in a natural command-level way the ability you seek.

When you create a recovery tape, Ignite will create 'vgexport'/'vgimport' mapfiles and record the physical disk device paths. If you use the tape to rebuild the same hardware, an automatic 'vgimport' will be done and your non-vg00 volume groups will be made available. Should the disk device files change because of the order in which hardware is scanned, the automtic 'vgimport' will fail but you can still manually specify the appropriate operation.

Ignite puts the LVM mapfiles in the '/etc/vgconf/' directory. You can use a "preview"ed 'vgscan -pv' to ascertain the physical devices to specify for the pv_paths of a 'vgimport'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[yogesh_4]

Hi Vinod,
If you use #make_tape_recovery -i option from the console then you will get one window in that you can very well select the files and dir which you wavt to backup or you can select entire VG00 also.

[Animesh Chakraborty]

I use below command to take ignite backup

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/0mn -I -t "Make recovery of syste
m `uname -n` on `date`" -v -x inc_entire=vg00