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Re: [Networker] Backing up /var/run?

2007-09-12 12:25:57
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backing up /var/run?
From: Matthew Huff <mhuff AT OX DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:22:10 -0400
/var/run was added in Solaris 9 with one of the Solaris 9 refresh
updates and is available in all Solaris 10 servers. It's a memory file
system (memfs). Using "ALL" savesets Legato only backs up ufs, vxfs and
now zfs on Sun boxes, but not memfs. The /var/run directory is backed up
since it's a mountpoint and part of the /var filesystem.



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-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of George Sinclair
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:13 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Backing up /var/run?

Hi,

I notice that /var/run doesn't get backed up on our primary backup 
server (Solaris 9), but recover does list the directory itself, but no 
contents for /var/run. Everything else under /var looks to be there, 
though. Also, I notice that a Sun client (Solaris 9) that I ran a level 
full on last night doesn't even list /var/run, but again, everything 
else under /var looks to be listed in the recover window. Both clients 
use the Unix standard directives. There are no client side directives. I

then checked several other Sun clients (all Solaris 10), and running 
recover on those does show /var/run but again, no contents. Perhaps, 
/var/run is simply something that NW would not back up, but I do see 
that it's backed up on our Linux clients. Hmm ...

Also, interesting that the one Sun client running Solaris 9 doesn't even

list /var/run, but the other ones running Solaris 10 do at least list 
the directory even though there's nothing backed up under it.

We're running 7.2.2 (both clients and servers).

Is it simply the nature of /var/run the excludes it from a given 
client's backups but not another?

George

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