make_tape_recovery excluding fs...

[Jonathan Caplette_1]

Hi guys,

I wanna do an make_tape_recovery of my entire vg00 but I what to exclude the nfs mount point that are mounted on /, exemple /nfs1, /nfs2.

Should I use the -x exclude= option, or does make_tape_recovery do not pass thru NFS, I mean will it backup my NFS mount point, cause I don't want to?!?!? If I should use the option exclude, how do I write the list of the fs I want to exclude?!?!?

This is what I want to use:
/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/0mn -I -x inc_entire=vg00 -x exclude=/nfs1,/nfs2,/nfs3

Thanks
Jonathan

[Sundar_7]

Hi Jonathan,

I do not know if make_tape_recovery by default crosses NFS mount points or not but I do know it should not hurt to explicitly exclude the nfs mountpoints as above.

Also you might like to use -A option than using -x inc_entire=vg00 and -C option.

if /usr filesystem is not part of vg00 then with your command line, /usr wil not be included. Using -A will ensure the volume group that contains /usr will also be included in the archive.

Sundar

[Marvin Strong]

I don't believe that it will follow NFS mountpoints. At least mine does not here.

[Patrick Wallek]

make_tape_recovery will NOT follow your NFS mounts. They are NOT part of VG00. You don't have to use the exclude statement either.

[Jonathan Caplette_1]

OK I see.. but how can I exclude files/directories from my archive if have to???