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Re: [Networker] Tru64 client and NFS mounts

2012-11-26 08:19:23
Subject: Re: [Networker] Tru64 client and NFS mounts
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:11:30 -0500
Tony,

Thank you for your input.  Easier than directives (I think) will be to 
explicitly list the file systems I want backed up.  However, this "it is listed 
in fstab, I must back it up" behavior is not the way NetWorker works on any 
other flavor of unix, so I was not expecting it here. 
 
-- Frank


On Nov 26, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Tony Albers <Tony.Albers AT PROACT DOT DK> wrote:

> AFAIK the client backs up everything listed in the fstab file (or whatever 
> it's called on Tru64)
> 
> So if your NFS mounts are in there, they are backed up. You should probably 
> use local directives to avoid that behavior.
> 
> /tony
> 
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> 
> Folks,
> 
> Over the holiday we got our first Tru64 clients, two of them.  We had the 
> system administrator install NetWorker 7.6.4.3.Build.1070 and used the 
> saveset name "ALL" (the server is running on Linux RHEL6 64-bit and NW 
> 7.6.4.1.Build.1049).  
> 
> The problem we are seeing is that "All" is backing up NFS mounts on the Tru64 
> clients.  I see that there is no longer a Tru64 client in NW8, so I'm 
> hesitant to open an issue with EMC about this.  Has anyone seen this with 
> Tru64 clients.  I was not expecting it to back up NFS mounts (since it 
> doesn't do that on any other OS I back up).
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Frank
> 
>