Author: Jason.Ahrens AT telus DOT com (Jason Ahrens)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:07:50 -0500
A question regarding NetBackup database backups, and regular backups. Given that NetBackup Database backup is backing up the /usr/openv/netbackup/db, /usr/openv/var, and /usr/openv/volmgr/database di
Author: larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com (Larry Kingery)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:34:24 -0500 (EST)
I would never exclude these paths from regular backup. What would you do if part of your catalog was damaged, but you didn't notice for a few days? Having regular backups gives a much better chance a
Author: nhunt AT lehman DOT com (Noel Lindsay Hunt)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:21:29 +0900
But isn't it likely that while NetBackup is writing into the db directory file sizes will change and hence a (normal) backup of those directories could be inconsistent?
Author: nhunt AT lehman DOT com (Noel Lindsay Hunt)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:34:04 +0900
Had I read the included mail at the end of the mail I was replying to I would have seen that this is what Jason Ahrens was implying: I was in fact backing up the filesystem on which this resides unt
Author: larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com (Larry Kingery)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:17:26 -0500 (EST)
Yes, it is. It's quite likely that only about 99% of the backup would be useful. And it doesn't really protect you against a complete catalog loss (unless of course you know what tapes the backup wen