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- From: christes@socrates.umd.edu (Skip Christensen)
- Subject: Re: Backups for RS/6000
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.130446.22602@socrates.umd.edu>
- Organization: University of Maryland University College
- References: <11283@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 13:04:46 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <11283@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> greenfie@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Steve Greenfield) writes:
- >
- >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:
- >
- > /dev/hd4 4096 /
- > /dev/hd2 229376 /usr
- > /dev/hd9var 4096 /var
- > /dev/hd3 8196 /tmp
- > /dev/hd1 57344 /home
- >
- >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.
- >
- >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?
- >
- >Are there any other possibilities that other RS/6000 users have implemented?
- >
- >If I do backup and a disaster stricks, don't I have to have a booted system
- >to do restores?
- >
- >Thanks in advance for your help!
- >
- >
- >
- >Stephen L. Greenfield Bitnet: FEATS@VTVM1
- >Virginia Polytechnic Institute ,/\ Internet: feats@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
- >Blacksburg, Virginia ,/ `\/`'\ feats@feats.cc.vt.edu
- > ,/\/ /
- > ,/ <_ ._.
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- > ,/' `_'_' * Blacksburg \_> '
- > ,/' \__>_/\
- > +----------------------------------------------+
-
- Won't address all of your problem - but one thing - you only have
- 8MB in /tmp. Doing an image backup (and ultimately -- maybe) an
- image reinstallation requires 8MB free in /tmp. You don't have
- 8MB free. Strongly suggest you up /tmp to 12MB as there is always
- some junk in it taking some space. Found that out the hardway -
- install went along ok, at least I thought, came to end and then
- told me not enough space in /tmp.
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