Specify the hard drive while making a recovery tape from server.

[Mahima Kaushik_1]

We just created an Ignite server that has two hard drives (one is of 4 GB and other is of 10 GB) in it. From this server, I like to make a recovery tape for a client using make_net_recovery. During using make_net_recovery from the Server, how I can specify so that the archive gets stored in to a specific drive? Reason is, I want to store archives in to 9GB drive not in 4GB drive.

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

Mahima:

If both hardrives are in the same volume group eg. vg01 then you have no control over which drive gets what. If they are in different volume groups then I would suggest that you create your archive (directory)filesystem /var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives on the vg that contains the 9G drive. BTW remember that the ownerships on the archives directory are bin:bin

Good luck.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The man pages for make_net_recovery note:

-a archive_server:archive_dir

specifies the NFS server and location to store the archive. The archive directory must be NFS exported...and sufficient disk space is required. The default is the hostname of the Ignite-UX server followed by the directory which holds the archive. Serverhost:/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/.

The hostname is the name of the system being archived. Each make_net_recovery client will create a subdirectory named after the client hostname under the specified directory to store the archives.

THEREFORE: You should be able to create a link to this directory to choose the correct physical disk.

...JRF...

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

My above post assumes, of course, that your disks are not in the same volume group...

...JRF...

[Mahima Kaushik_1]

Thanks for the quik responses! I am waiting to see my other options.
Thanks again!
Mahima