I'm doing an export of a 5Gig database, with the following command:

export server devclass=expfile vol=data1.exp,data2.exp,data3.exp,data4.exp 
filedata=none

My understanding is that this command will dump the entire contents of the 
database (i.e. admin, node, policy info, as well as backup index information). 
In reality it dumps about 16k of data, which from the activity log seems to be 
only the admin, node, and policy info, but no backup file information.

If I use the "filedata=all" option, it appears to start dumping actual backup 
files (dumped 13 Gig before filling up the filesystem).

Is this the right way to dump index information (we're migrating to another 
server, and taking the existing tape storage pools with us). Is the command 
working how it is supposed to?


Please CC replies to me directly. Thanks for any help you can provide.


David Macdonald
Unix Services (Wollongong)
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