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[Veritas-bu] bprestore command - how to restore just /?

2002-04-30 09:58:47
Subject: [Veritas-bu] bprestore command - how to restore just /?
From: kk_downings AT yahoo DOT com (kk downing)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 06:58:47 -0700 (PDT)
In a disaster recovery scenario why wouldn't you want
to restore all file systems?
Thanks
--- "Koyfman, Michael - Lake Forest"
<MKoyfman AT imcglobal DOT com> wrote:
> Thanks Dave.  No, this was no answered already. :( 
> I think I'm going to
> resort to dump the output of ls -A to a file every
> night, and bprestore will
> run against that out in case needed.  The problem is
> that without the
> "exclude" list for restore, I have to specify each
> file and directory under
> /, and the only way to get it from NetBackup is to
> run bplist command with
> -R 1, but the challenge there is to get the most
> accurate list - bplist,
> unlike bprestore, cannot produce the most recent
> file list under /, it needs
> explicit date, and that complicates the logic and
> scriptwriting beyond what
> I think is necessary. :(
> 
> -Michael
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David A. Chapa
> [mailto:david AT xbpadm-commands DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:44 AM
> To: Koyfman, Michael - Lake Forest;
> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] bprestore command - how to
> restore just /?
> 
> 
> Was this answered already?
> 
> I'm not sure here, but if I were in front of a
> machine, I would do the
> restore from the GUI, then look at the process table
> to see what switches
> its being passed...
> (if solaris i'd run /usr/ucb/ps -auxwwweee on that
> pid to get ALL the
> environment stuff)
> 
> I can't find anything in my notes on that...but I am
> at Vision right now so
> let me ask a few people who may know..
> 
> David
> 
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> David A. Chapa
> NetBackup Consultant
> DataStaff, Inc.
> http://www.consulting.datastaff.com
> 847 413 1144
> ---------------------------------------
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On
> Behalf Of Koyfman,
> Michael - Lake Forest
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 4:08 PM
> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] bprestore command - how to
> restore just /?
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to automate our disaster recovery
> procedures, and I've gotten as
> far as replicating the root system disk after
> booting off the Jumpstart
> server, and now I'm ready restore from Netbackup
> server.  However, I only
> want to restore UFS systems(as I don't have VXFS
> available to me under
> mini-root.  So, the script goes ahead and mounts all
> UFS file systems under
> /a, but how do I specify in the bprestore command
> that when I give it / as a
> file name among other file systems, I don't want it
> to restore all other
> file systems?   In the GUI there is a check button
> that says do not cross
> file systems during the restore, but I cannot seem
> to find an equivalent of
> that option with the bprestore command.  Any ideas? 
> Thanks a lot in
> advance.
> 
> Regards,
> -Michael
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