make_recovery

[Mauro_3]

Hi guys,
Can I do a "make_recovery -Ai" in a running system, it means, can I continue using the workstation while the make_recovery command is running ? It will not give me a problem ?

Thanks again,
Mauro

[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi,
should be no problem as make_recovery uses tar (pax actually) which doesn't fail if files are in use (unlike fbackup :).
regards,
Thierry.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Yes, you can execute 'make_recovery' when a system is running.

As general advice, you should download a current version of Ignite (see the link below). You should also start using 'make_tape_recovery' in lieu of the older, lest robust 'make_recovery'.

When you use 'make_tape_recovery' you may see some warnings from 'pax' [used to create the tape] concerning missing files. This is not a problem. The missing files are undoubtedly temporary ones that were present during the initial phases of the recovery analysis but were deleted before 'pax' actually began to write them to the tape.

For current Ignite software, see:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/download.html

...JRF...

[John Bolene]

Sure you can use it while work is continuing on the machine.

You will not get the full backup on any files that are open and being written to, but that is your choice, most of them could be log files anyway. Do not do this if you have a database that is being written to and want the database to be able to be restored.

We normally make sure that the server is in a semi quiet state and nothing is being updated of any importance before doing the make_recovery.

[Mauro_3]

Thanks guys, I?m sure it?s going to help me a lot.

Cheers,
Mauro

[Mauro_3]

The command make_recovery was not found in my machine when I log on as root. What can I do to use this command ? I?m not sure I have this command in my host.

Thanks, Mauro

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi again:

If you cannot execute 'make_recovery' or 'make_tape_recovery' at a root prompt with the relative path then either Ignite isn't installed or your PATH doesn't include /opt/ignite/bin/

The full path is:

# /opt/ingite/bin/make_recovery
# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery

To make sure Ignite is installed, do:

# swlist|grep -i Ignite

As I indicated in my first post, you can download software and documentation from the Ignite web site (see above). You use 'swinstall' to install the Ignite product. A reboot is not required.

...JRF...