Sun OS/Solaris system, backing up, 257-259hostname Sysback utility backup files, 333 hosts backup registry, creating, 595 backups, consolidating, 220 complete list, maintaining, 36 hardw
Trang 1application disk, 11
copying block-by-block (copyutil), 290, 295
database data disks, partitioning, 11
partitioning information, finding and recording (SysAudit), 143raw partitions, copying (dd utility), 72
web site information, 616
compatibility problems, reading backup volumes, 129
compression (AMANDA), 148, 157, 161, 169
failure, losing data from, 44
HA vs fault-tolerant systems, 234
HA systems surviving failures of, 232
hosts, information on (SysInfo), 144
IRIX system, listing available, 311, 317
network and backup, maximizing use, 216
recovering system onto new, 337
Trang 2HP-UX (see HP-UX operating system)
Hierarchical Storage Management
(see HSM)
high availability, 47, 232-246
(see also HA systems)
high-water-mark parameters (unconfig file), 400
hold file, delaying AMANDA backup runs, 167
holding disks
allocating for AMANDA, 157
assigning to single AMANDA configuration, 177
configuring, 160
degraded mode and tape server crashes, 172
status, monitoring during backup, 172
tape server, AMANDA utility, 147
hostdump.sh utility, 86-91, 253, 366
command arguments, 88
Compaq True-64 Unix, backing up, 285, 287
options, 89
quick and dirty backups with, 141
script, obtaining from web site or CD-ROM (with book), 86Solaris OS backup, 254
Trang 3Sun OS/Solaris system, backing up, 257-259
hostname (Sysback utility backup files), 333
hosts
backup registry, creating, 595
backups, consolidating, 220
complete list, maintaining, 36
hardware and operating system information (SysInfo), 144
hostdump.sh utility, backing up with, 141
Informix instances ann, 377
Informix instances (multiple) on single, 380
Microsoft Windows systems, backing up, 146
network, monitoring for new (queso), 144
read permissions, file backups, 335
tape server (AMANDA), configuring, 155
trusted, access permission and, 81
Hot Standby Routing Protocol (see HSRP), 237
hot-standby systems, high availability and, 47
HP-UX operating system
core components, 292
fbackup utility, 73
Trang 4(see also Sysback utility)
IBM conversion table (ASCII to EBCDIC), 124Ignite-UX
filesets, required system installment, 291
make_recovery utility, 290-291
using, 293-295
(see also make_recovery utility)
IHVs, 643
image.data file (AIX system backup), 327
importing table (single), 526
Impossible header type error, 109
include lists
backups
Trang 5mksysb utility, not supporting, 324
SQL Backup, able to perform, 370
transaction log dumps vs., 366
dump backup volumes, 83, 96
SCSI devices (copyutil), 296
Trang 6individual interface definitions (AMANDA), 175
inetd configuration file, 166
AMANDA client entries, 155
debugging AMANDA client backup setup, 166
named pipes, using, 436
onconfig file, copying, 431
Informix databases
Online Backup and Recovery
(see also onbar utility), 365
architecture, 377-387
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Informix database (continued)
backup and recovery, 376-454
backups and restores, unique aspects, 375
Extended Parallel Option (see XPO)
extents, physically contiguous, 355
Trang 7transaction logs and, 364
versions, ontape and, 403
Informix Storage Manager (see ISM; Legato Networker)inftab file, 366
editing to use infback.sh utility, 417
infback.sh utility and, 414
Informix instances, listing, 388
installation and configuration (rclogs.sh), 422
startup, backup, and monitoring scrips, basing upon, 390Initial System Load (ISL), 305
not intervening in, 295
inodes, dump utility handling, 656
input block size, differing from output, 124
input mode, informing cpio about, 110
bootable tape, specifying location, 313
IRIX, bypassing in system recovery, 315
Trang 8installboot, AIX system and, 323
Installed Products Database (see IPD)instances
backing up whole or part (onbar), 427backups, being sure to include, 365databases and, 347
listing all on server, 366
multiple databases within each, 372objects within, tracking, 357
Oracle databases, 456
customizing backups, 475
system tablespace, 459
servers and, 347
taking offline (restores), 448
Intel rescue floppies, Web site listing, 272interactive restores, 94, 96
cpio, unable to perform, 70
interface(s) file, 366, 536
data server entries, 537
lost or damaged, 564
Sybase database restore, 561
interfaces, types of (backup utilities), 221interleaving data, 194
restores, problems with, 195
Trang 9internal fragmentation (disks), 241
Internet, information on backup utilities, 230
Internet Operating System Counter, use of queso utility, 144
inventory, backup volumes, 12, 32-34
checks and spot checks, 54
storage vendor, cross-checking locations, 55
I/O operations, 133
IP addresses
boot PROM, setting to local system, 319
scanning range of (nmap), 145
takeover and primary servers having same, 235
IPD, make_recovery utility and, 292
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IRIX operating system
backup and restore utilities, 307-310
recovering, 306-322
volume header (system disk), listing, 316
ISL (Intial System Load), 305
not intervening in, 295
ISM, 401
J
journaling filesystems, 46,241
AdvFS, providing, 282
high availability and, 232
(see also nonjournaled filesystems)
jukeboxes, 642
vendors of, 645
(see also autoloaders; libraries)
justifying financial needs (backups), 64
Trang 10Kerberos
authentication system, 190
using with AMANDA, 148
Kernel type, boot image on Sysback tape, 334
backing up data across, 211
HA, handling across, 235-236
SAN vs., 213
large files or UID/GIDs, make-recovery utility and, 293
Laser Magnetic Storage (see LMS; Plasmon LMS NCTP drive)Legato NetWorker, 401
using with rman and onbar, 369
(see also ISM)
length and filemark values (tapetype), 161
dumptype parameters, controlling, 174
hostdump.sh command, specifying, 88
listing date of last, 77
Trang 11reading order, complete filesystem restore, 95scheduling, 39-42
specifying (0-9 option), 75
specifying with infback.sh, 414
timestamp file in top-level directory, 105libraries
automated backup hardware, 642
centralized, backing up across LAN, 211large, vendors of, 645
vendors of, 643-645
(see also autoloaders; jukeboxes)
license server, access control (ClearCase), 593license setup files (databases), restoring, 371LIF volume
boot, assembling (make_recovery), 293lilo command, restoring MBR, 274
linear scan, streaming and, 629
linear tape drives, 627
linear tape open (see LTO drive)
link (symbolic), using, 113
Trang 12load-balancing (servers), 243
local area network (see LAN)
local backups, network-based backups vs., 211
local device, specifying as tape drive, 101
local restores (IRIX), 312
localpath.sh file, 414
log files
created during AMANDA run, 171
find and info suboptions (amadmin), using, 181
logging (Informix databases), 385-387
logging modes (logical log), 382
logging write operations (journaling filesystems), 241
Trang 13leaving room for, 399
moving into separate dbspace, 394
no backups, selecting, 412
protecting, 392-403
putting all on one tape, 437
salvaging (not backed up), onbar, 442logical name, defining backup areas, 164logical restores, 442
onbar utility, 443
logical volumes
creating, HP-UX system, 302
dump and restore, using with, 299-301IRIX system, 316
managers, 9
map file, creating for each, 326
maximum number in VG, 300
Trang 14mounting as filesystems, 303
Sysback utility, backing up specific, 332
logical-end-of-tape (see LEOT)
logically contiguous database pages, 355
logs
rollback logs, 460
transactions (see transaction logs)
logsegment segment (Sybase databases), 534
long transactions, problems with full logical logs, 399losses (data)
LV (see logical volumes)
LVM, backing up configuration information, 33LVs (see logical volumes)
Trang 15bootable system recovery tape, creating, 291-295
configuring to include extra backup data, 294
options, 293
-p, 293
output, 294
recovery tools (HP-UX system), 290
requirements for use, 291
warnings about, 292
(see also entries under Ignite-UX)
Mammoth drive, 632
AIT vs., 633
management features for storage, 205-207
manual backups (logical logs), 410
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manual tape changer, configuring (AMANDA), 161
manufacturers (backup hardware), 643
many-to-one backups
one-to-many method, combining with, 198-202
map file, creating for each logical volume, 326
mapping networks (nmap utility), 145
Master Boot Record (see MBR)
master data device, problems accessing, 565
Trang 16proper storage of, 11
protecting from disasters, 14
recovery in database restores, 506
types (different), problems reading backups, 130
types, listing (AMANDA), 160
Media Recognition System (MRS), 130
menu options, Sysback utility, 331
metadata (Linux OS), backing up, 9 271, 275
Metrum tape drives, 634
Microsoft
network filesystem (SMB protocol), 203
Registry, leaving out of commercial backup products, 189
Trang 17Microsoft Windows (95/98/NT/2000)-based hosts, backing up, 146minimum block size, 100, 107, 116, 123
miniroot
booting system to, 254
IRIX, bare-metal recovery with, 315
IRIX, copying to system disk, 306
IRIX system, booting from, 318
mirroring, 462
control files, 486
importance of, 529
database devices, 362
disk drive failure, protecting against, 45
disks, make_recovery and, 293
multiple-site of database servers, 27
partitions (disk array), 213
RAID levels and, 239
redologs, importance of, 493, 529
remote, for disaster recovery, 237
Solaris OS root disk, 249
VOB backups, 603
restores, using in, 606
mksysb utility, 250, 323-330
bare-metal restores, performing, 224
image, checking and restoring data from, 329
Trang 18limitations of, 324
using, 325
mkszfile utility
client, running on, 329
generating image.data file, 326
M-O recording formats (see magneto-optical media)
model database, checking and recreating, 580
modes (cpio), 105
modification time
(see mtime)
modules (HA software), 246
money for backups, getting, 63-65
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monitoring backups, 58
monitoring HA systems, 243-244
importance of, 246
mount points, creating for filesystem restores (HP-UX), 304
mounted filesystems (idle), dumping, 662
mounting (IRIX) system disk partitions, 319
mounting new filesystem, 266
mounting Oracle database (restores), 485
mounting startup, database recovery, 498
movement-tracking, backup volumes, 53
MRS (Media Recognition System), 130
Trang 19cpio restores, restoring original, 110
tar restores, changing in, 119
multiple conversion method, using (dd), 125
multiuser state, IRIX system restarts and, 321
Multi-Version File System (see MVFS)
multiversion filesystem type (see MVFS)
multivolume archives, inability to handle (infback.sh), 413MVFS, 592, 594
VOBs, mounting as, 598
N
named pipes
cat contents to tapeserver tape drive, 329
compressing database backup while writing, 368infback.sh, using, 436
leaving out of backup products, 190
named pipes (tar backups), creating for, 116
names
clients, changing in backup index, 226
remote devices, supporting (GNU tar), 120
systems, confusion over, 81
native backup utilities
backup and recovery, 69-140
commercial utilities, wrapping around, 365
custom formats, inability to read, 216
Trang 20backups, special requirements, 202
excluding from backups, problems with, 203(see also NFS; CIFS; NCP)
networks
backup data path, 208
file access services (HA systems), 233
installation support for Sysback backup, 334monitoring for new hosts (queso utility), 144traffic reduction, 208-216
SAN effectiveness, 215
Trang 21usage, limiting (AMANDA), 158
NFS filesystems, 22
backups, using in, 203
mksysb files/images, storing on, 328
scripts for installation, 34
NIM (Network Install Manager), 327
NIS, scripts for installation, 34
nmap utility, 145
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noncritical chunks, inacessible or corrupted, 445
nondata disk, loss of, 371
nonjournaled filesystems, including in Sysback backup, 335
nonrewinding tape device, 293
AMANDA requirement for, 156
positioning tape with, 85
nonsystem datafiles, damaged (taking offline), 510
notification
backup scripts, importance of, 102
backup utilities, differences in method, 221
dump utility, backup problems, 78
SNMP, sophistication of
Novell NDS, leaving out of backup products, 189
O
objects
database in data disk, 371
database tables and, 353
Oracle databases, 457
Sybase databases, 533
OCC, 54
Trang 22features, ontape utility vs., 424
Informix Online Backup and Recovery, 204onarchive, replacing, 401
Trang 23Informix instance, starting with, 429
online documentation, proper storage of, 12online log groups
online storage spaces, restoring, 425
online transaction logs, losing data from, 373onload utility, 451
onmonitor utility
logical logs, changing number, 395
ontape utility, configuring, 404
on-site storage, 53
on-site vault systems (media protection), 14onstat command, 449
ontape utility
Trang 24features, onbar utility vs., 424
ontape utility (continued)
continuous backup automation, difficulties, 419-421
dbspace restores, 446
Informix database backups, 364
physical backups without storage manager, 376
physical backups without storage managers, 403
point-in-time restore, 450
restore, starting, 437-439
restores, 429
single thread, problem with, 400
tape or disk backups, 406
backup and recovery, 323-337
AMANDA utility, distributed with, 151
backup of root partition, 191
backup tools, including, 26
backups
copyutil utility, limitations of, 296
Trang 25Linux, 275
restoring (Solaris), 254
Sun OS/Solaris, 253
Sysback utility, 331
block size, hardcoding, 135
cloning to different system, 337
Compaq True-64 Unix, restoring, 282-289
customized files for databases, restoring, 371data recovery without installing, 10
DBAs, needing knowledge of, 354
full support of (commercial backup utilities), 189hosts, information on (SysInfo), 144
HP-UX, core components, 292
IRIX recovery, 306-322
Linux
backup method, deciding, 272
restoring, 270, 280-281
new versions, affect on backups, 62
partitioning disk, vs table partitions, 533
partitioning of disks, standardizing, 256
remote, detecting (nmap), 145
remote, information on (queso), 144
restores
HP-UX system, 290-305
Solaris, 253-256
restoring systems without, 224
root disk, replacing without, 252
SGI, older, 312-315
storing on one disk, importance of, 10
Trang 27Unix platforms, availability of, 114
oraback.sh utility, 142, 365, 471
backups, automating, 468-475
cold backups, 474
configuring and customizing, 470
dd, using as backup command, 123
backups and restores, unique aspects, 375
Cluster Server (see OCS)
control file, loss of, 372
Enterprise Backup Utility (see EBU)
hot-backup script Oracle databases
Recovery Manager (RMAN) (see rman utility)
instances, listing for backups, 35
Trang 28changing (tar restore), 119
changing with ctime, 50
Trang 29cleaners (dirty buffers in LRU queues), 380
Informix databases, 378
logical vs physical log, 359
Sybase databases, 533
paper copies
documentation, using as backup, 16
media inventory, importance of, 32
parallelism agent (PA), 194
partial volume, reading and comparing to table of contents, 228
partitioning
Berkeley (BSD) style, IRIX system, 306
Compaq True-64 Unix, 282, 284, 287
different levels of (SIDF), 219
drives, recording information on, 33
IRIX system, 311-312, 316
IRIX system disk
repairing from fx program, 318
Linux system, 274, 277
new operating system drive (disaster recovery), 254
Oracle tables, 456
Trang 30physical, preserving mapping (Sysback), 335
Sun OS/Solaris operating system disk drive, 262-265
Sybase tables, 532
tables, across multiple dbspaces, 379
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partitions
backup tape with multiple, 139
copying raw (dd utility), 72
database data disks, 11
database tables, across dataspaces, 357
disks, 191
information about (SysAudit), 143
Oracle tablespace, 459
partition tables, maintaining record, 10
same-size or same-function disks, 10
Sybase databases, 534
patches (AMANDA utility), Web page information, 152
pathnames
longer, archiving with star, 143
native backup utilities, problems with, 217
restoring files by name, 96
tar restores, 117
pattern
files, excluding from backups, 177
matching, cpio restore, 112
tar command option, 116
pax utility, 72, 271, 275
PDF format (documentation files), 16
PE
Trang 31backup utilities assigning to servers, 213
connecting via SAN, 215
AMANDA utility and, 153
changing (tar restore), 119
changing with ctime, 50
chunks, restoring, 434
devices storing datafiles, changing, 362
holding disk configuration, 160
host read, file backups, 335
schemas and, 350
users, read permission (file backup), 335
views and VOBs, 592
phase-changing recording method, 636
physical backups
dump devices, 537
methods of performing, 364
ontape and onbar, performing with, 376
ontape, performing without storage manager, 403
Trang 32RDBMS, 363
storage manager, performing with, 424-428, 476-480, 554storage manager, performing without, 463-475, 542-553physical blocks, specifying number (dump), 76
physical partitions, preserving (Sysback), 335
physical restores (onbar), 442
physical rollback log, 361
backup volumes, reading from different, 129
bare-metal recovery plan, 252
choosing for Sysback backup tape, 334
full support of, 189
independence of (backup utilities), 223
independence of (backup index), 226
little or big endian, 132
point-in-time restore, 346, 450
portability
Trang 33AMANDA to Unix platforms, 148
ASCII header format, 106
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cpio options, affecting, 114
cpio utility, problems with, 106
documentation formats, 15
fbackup utility, lacking, 73
pax utility and, 72
portable archive exchange
(see pax utility)
ports
scanning on network (nmap), 145
switching and, 210
power backup (Sysback utility), 333
power users (databases), 346
Informix, view of, 377
Sybase databases, view of, 532
views, files in, 594
processor type (SGI system), 317
proprietary backup formats, problems with, 216
protocols, scanning different (nmap), 145
public
concept in ClearCase, 592
views, backups, 609
Trang 34Qualix DataStar (remote mirroring), 237
queries, programming with SQL, 353
data storage (databases), 355
database backups, problems with, 346
database, using to mirror another application, 362databases
assigning as swap or filesystem, 362
datafiles, backing up (Oracle or Sybase), 364
dd backups, specifying for, 122
dump utility, accessing files through, 655
Trang 35readers, storing with documentation, 13, 16
reading backup on remote device, 125
reading backup volumes, 129-140
read-only tablespaces, taking offline, 498
read-tape.sh script, reading bad tape with, 138
real-time off-site storage, 56
rebooting restored operating system, 268
record-level parallelism (see block-level parallelism)records, 123
converting length of, 124
databases, 351
files in backup index, 226
gaps between (tape backups), 133-134
number to read (dd), 123
Trang 36option, setting in global dumptype, 166
tapes, helical scan, 627
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Recover System Maintenance Menu (IRIX systems), 310
recovery
database, preparing for, 496
without installing operating system, 10
native utilities, 69-140
procedures, Informix databases, 429-451
procedures, Sybase databases, 558-582
Registry, 596
restores vs., 483
systems, checkpoints and, 242
(see also restores)
Recovery Manager (see rman utility)
redologs, 462
active online, damaged, 522
archived, applying all, 500
archived, backing up, 466
archived, managing, 480-482
database backups, 8
determining state of (restores), 490
inactive online, damaged, 523
mirroring
importance of, 529
online inactive, adding or dropping damaged, 524
Oracle databases, changing block on disk, 461
recovering damaged, 491-494
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (see RAID)