ADSM-L

Re: Archive schedules

1997-03-11 14:15:26
Subject: Re: Archive schedules
From: "Boles, Angel V." <bolesav AT WESTINGHOUSE DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 14:15:26 -0500
In my experience, you need to specify each filesystem that you want
archived.  Supposedly, you can string them out in the objects section,
separated by either a comma or a blank, I forget which.

Angel Boles

Systems Support
Win 272-5944
Bell (412) 642-5944
bolesav AT westinghouse DOT com

>----------
>From:  Thomas A. La Porte[SMTP:tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com]
>Sent:  Tuesday, March 11, 1997 1:00 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Archive schedules
>
>I'm in the process of setting up an archive schedule for a
>"level 0" backup of some systems, but I'm having trouble with the
>definition.
>
>The relevant parts of the schedule, as I have it defined are:
>
>                        Action: Archive
>                       Options: -archmc=nus -su=yes
>                       Objects: /*
>                      Priority: 2
>               Start Date/Time: 03/10/1997 21:10:00
>
>I'm mainly having trouble with the Objects parameter. I tried it
>simply with "*", which archived the /usr/local/adsm directory and
>all of its subdirectories (imagine my surprise when 10 SGI
>workstations had completed their "level 0" backup within fifteen
>minutes!). Next I tried Objects defined as "", just as my
>incremental backup schedules are defined. No joy. Complaints in
>the client schedule logs about no objects specified. Finally I
>settled on the above (i.e., "/*") which seemed to work, but upon
>closer inspection, "/*" only picks up files in the root file
>system (all affected clients, in this case, are SGIs).
>
>In spite of DOMAIN statements in the dsm.opt files on the client
>side, which explicitly list all local filesystems, "/*" only
>picks up the "/" filesystem. What should I specify in the Objects
>parameter in order to archive all objects on any given system?
>
>Thanks. -- Tom
>
>"If I could dot the 'i' in a Michigan     Thomas A. La Porte
> game and the good lord came to take me   Archivist, Feature Animation
> the next day ... at least I could        DreamWorks SKG
> die happy." - Beano Cook, ESPN           <tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com>
>
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