Author: Darren Chanowski <darren.chanowski AT QUNARA DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:14:00 -0400
Hello, Is there any type of special concerns that need to be addressed when backing up Veritas File Systems. The systems in question are running Solaris and have Veritas Volume Replicator installed.
VVR shouldn't be an issue. You have the normal concerns of backing up a live filesystem if you're using the VVR primary for your backup source. You could be using snapshots or checkpoints as the bac
Author: Howard Martin <howard.martin AT EDS DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:37:48 -0400
One thing to be aware of, when Networker backs up a Solaris file system it leaves the time stamps alone, when backing up VxFS the access time is changed (messes up attempts at HSM) you can use the at
Is this a difference between VxFS and others like UFS? Solaris does have a mechanism for a backup program to read a file without resetting the access time, but I don't know that Networker makes use
Author: Howard Martin <howard.martin AT EDS DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:06:08 -0400
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:15:03 -0700, Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM> wrote: Solaris and Tru64 are the only unix system with an API to leave all the time stamps alone (that Networker uses) and