Symbolic links are NOT being recovered under AIX clients (4.1 and 4.2)
level 2.1.0.6.
The same links recovered to a Solaris 2.5 system running 2.1.0.6 are
recovered correctly. (Must be 2.1.0.6 released 2/97, NOT 12/96 version)
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# hostname
# hostname
rail.nist.gov
# uname -a
AIX rail 2 4 00055662A100
# ls -l /etc/ping
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 14 Nov 12 18:01 /etc/ping ->
/usr/sbin/ping
# dsmc restore /etc/ping /var/tmp/ping
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.6
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1996, All Rights Reserved.
Restore function invoked.
Session established with server ADSM: AIX-RS/6000
Server Version 2, Release 1, Level 5.12
Server date/time: 03/11/97 15:57:27 Last access: 03/11/97 15:50:30
Restoring 14 /etc/ping --> /var/tmp/ping Done
Restore processing finished.
Total number of objects restored: 1
Total number of bytes transferred: 0
Total failures: 0
Elapsed processing time: 00:00:59
# ls -l /var/tmp/ping
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 0 Mar 11 15:58 /var/tmp/ping ->
^ ^^^^^^^^
THIS IS A BUG THIS IS A BUG
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# dsmc set access backup /etc/ping auk.nist.gov
# dsmc set access backup /etc/ping auk.nist.gov
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.6
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1996, All Rights Reserved.
Session established with server ADSM: AIX-RS/6000
Server Version 2, Release 1, Level 5.12
Server date/time: 03/11/97 15:59:13 Last access: 03/11/97 15:57:27
ANS4198I 'Set Access' command successfully completed
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auk$ hostname
auk$ hostname
auk.nist.gov
auk$ uname -a
SunOS auk.nist.gov 5.5 Generic_103093-06 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
auk$ dsmc restore -fromnode=rail.nist.gov -fromowner=root /etc/ping
/var/tmp/ping
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.6
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1996, All Rights Reserved.
Restore function invoked.
Session established with server ADSM: AIX-RS/6000
Server Version 2, Release 1, Level 5.12
Server date/time: 03/11/97 16:15:36 Last access: 03/11/97 16:08:05
Restoring 14 /etc/ping --> /var/tmp/ping ** Interrupted **
ANS4117I One or more requested files are stored on offline media
ANS4118I Waiting for mount of offline media.
Restoring 14 /etc/ping --> /var/tmp/ping Done
Restore processing finished.
Total number of objects restored: 1
Total number of bytes transferred: 0
Total failures: 0
Elapsed processing time: 00:00:00
auk$ ls -l /var/tmp/ping
lrwxrwxrwx 1 vogt sup895 14 Mar 11 16:15 /var/tmp/ping ->
/usr/sbin/ping*
^ ^^^^^^^^
THIS IS CORRECT THIS IS
CORRECT
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