make_sys_image doesn't take flist

[Eric Lam]

hi,

I tried to create a system backup (only VG00) to a local disk and I used the following command:

make_sys_image -d /SYSBACK -s local -l 1 -c n -g /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2004-10-04,10:40/flist

But make_sys_image didn't take the option -g and read the file flist, it would backup the whole system instead of only VG00. Does anyone know why?

I were using ignite version 3 and upgraded to version 5.4.5 but the problem still occurred. Hopefully someone could help.

[bhavin asokan]

hi,

how you have created the flist file. man page of make_sys_image says that it should be created by /opt/ignite/lbin/list_expander
command.



-g file_list The indicated file contains a list of files to be
archived. This list should be generated by a call
to the list_expander command. The file can either
have just the name of the file or directory or it
can have a full line of information in the form
of: [] [ mod> []]


regds,

[Eric Lam]

Hi,

I created the flist by using the following command:

make_tape_recovery -I -x inc_entire=vg00 -p

Do you how can I create the flist by using command /opt/ignite/lbin/list_expander? No man page for it.

Thanks.

[Borislav Perkov]

Hi Eric,

Here is the answer of your last question:

Yucan do it with -l option and pipeline it to file. Anywhere you can find it just typeing the following command to find all option of list_expander command:

# /opt/ignite/lbin/list_expander -help

Regards,
Borislav

[Michael Roberts_3 · Accepted solution]

put '-R' ( no arguments ) on the make_sys_image command line to indicate that it is in "recovery" mode. Like:
make_sys_image -d /SYSBACK -s local -l 1 -c n -R -g /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2004-10-04,10:40/flist

[Prashant Zanwar_4]

I have tried this in preview mode and it's working for me. the destination directory has to exist according to me. I have Ignite-UX version B.5.4.50. I have also used the flist file created by make_tape_recovery command. Preview works fine.

Hope it helps
Thanks
Prashant

[Eric Lam]

Thanks Michael,

It works once I put -R to the command. But howcome the man page didn't mention this option? Funny.

[Eric Lam]

The problem solved by I put -R to make_sys_image command.