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- From: greenfie@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Steve Greenfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Backups for RS/6000
- Message-ID: <11283@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 14:08:05 GMT
- Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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- I have to backup my RS/6000 model 220 before a disaster occurs. I have a
- 400MB hard drive that is about 85-90% full. I have only one volume group;
- rootvg. I have 5 filesystems as follows:
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- /dev/hd4 4096 /
- /dev/hd2 229376 /usr
- /dev/hd9var 4096 /var
- /dev/hd3 8196 /tmp
- /dev/hd1 57344 /home
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- I have no tape drive attached to my machine. I can rdump to a RS/6000 in
- the machine room that has an 8mm tape drive /dev/rmt0. But when you rdump
- you can only dump one filesystem at a time. I would assume that you can
- piggyback/stack the filesystems on a tape but I don't know how to set this
- up and to use the tape to restore in case of an emergency.
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- I would like to be able to do a mksysb of my rootvg volume group. Can I
- nfs mount the /dev/rmt0 tape drive from another machine?
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- Are there any other possibilities that other RS/6000 users have implemented?
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- If I do backup and a disaster stricks, don't I have to have a booted system
- to do restores?
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- Thanks in advance for your help!
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- Stephen L. Greenfield Bitnet: FEATS@VTVM1
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