We took a little different approach to our backups as we are a 24x7 shop. We
built a seperate filesystem for backups large enough to hold the NetView and
Ciscoworks applications. Every weeknight a script runs that shutsdown the two
applications. It then runs an ovmapcount and an ovtopofix before doing a tar
disk to disk of the application files. It starts the applications back up, and
then does a backup the new tar files to tape. This leaves the application
unavailable for about 15 minutes a day.
On the weekends, we do a mksysb.
HTH
Dean
Kuffer Andreas <Andreas.Kuffer AT KUONI DOT CH> on 11/18/99 10:46:39 AM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
<NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu>
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
cc: (bcc: Dean Grant/AIS/US/Ahold)
Subject: Re: NV backup on regular basis
Dear all
To summarize the ideas till now...
- mksysb / sysback
- tar (online or offline)
- /usr/OV/install/tools/nvp.v5r1
Still I do see the problem, that the last EUI-settings will be lost. Does
anyone know, how to restart NetView-GUI on a PC-box running XWinPro (of
course in the right CDE-Window with the right maps and workspaces open ...)
I have to make sure that -since our TEC isn't configured properly yet- the
GUI is up and running every morning.
With kind regards / mit freundlichen Gruessen
Andreas Kuffer
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Stover [mailto:jstover AT STATE.PA DOT US]
Sent: Donnerstag, November 18, 1999 14:22
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject: Re: NV backup on regular basis
Kuffer:
Or, you could use the good 'ol mksysb and put that in cron, stopping
and
starting services via script that is defined in cron. But remember to make
the backup a system-bootable backup- and to remember to put cycle your
tapes. We are running 5.1.1 on aix 4.2.1
Joseph E. Stover
Network Technician
Pennsylvania State Police
1800 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17110
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Davidson [mailto:sean.davidson AT MAIL.PUBLIX DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:13 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject: Re: NV backup on regular basis
Sysback is a life saver here. You get a bootable tape that can restore all
your filesystems and data. If you've got sysback, I'd be happy to post a
script that will run the backup (by volume group), including bringing down
Netview EUIs/daemons and CiscoWorks daemons. We run full weekly backups with
this utility via cron.
__________________________
Thanks,
Sean Davidson
Sr. Network Systems Engineer
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
P.O. Box 32015
Lakeland, Fl. 33802-2015
Email - sean.davidson AT publix DOT com
Voice - (863) 686-8754 x6889
Fax - (863)616-5895
-----Original Message-----
From: Kuffer Andreas [mailto:Andreas.Kuffer AT KUONI DOT CH]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:09 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject: NV backup on regular basis
Hi all
runing NetView 5.1.2 on AIX 4.3.2
I'm about to set up the regular backup strategy for our NetView-database.
I'd like to have this done automatically via a scheduling program. As I see
at the moment, there are two possible ways
1) using /usr/OV/install/tools/nvp.v5r1 (price is to stop all EUIs in
advance)
2) ovstop, backing up manually, ovstart (price is to acknowledge all the
daemon-down/up again messages, goodie is user's settings are not lost)
How do other admins handle this? Any ideas, suggestions?
With kind regards / mit freundlichen Gruessen
Andreas Kuffer
Kuoni Travel Ltd.
Neue Hard 7
CH-8010 Zuerich
Switzerland
Telefon : + 41 1 277 52 41
Fax : + 41 1 272 52 55
Dear all
To summarize the ideas till now...
- mksysb / sysback
- tar (online or offline)
- /usr/OV/install/tools/nvp.v5r1
Still I do see the problem, that the last EUI-settings will be lost. Does anyone know, how to restart NetView-GUI on a PC-box running XWinPro (of course in the right CDE-Window with the right maps and workspaces open ...)
I have to make sure that -since our TEC isn't configured properly yet- the GUI is up and running every morning.
With kind regards / mit freundlichen Gruessen
Andreas Kuffer
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Stover [mailto:jstover AT STATE.PA DOT US]
Sent: Donnerstag, November 18, 1999 14:22
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject: Re: NV backup on regular basis
Kuffer:
Or, you could use the good 'ol mksysb and put that in cron, stopping and
starting services via script that is defined in cron. But remember to make
the backup a system-bootable backup- and to remember to put cycle your
tapes. We are running 5.1.1 on aix 4.2.1
Joseph E. Stover
Network Technician
Pennsylvania State Police
1800 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17110
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Davidson [mailto:sean.davidson AT MAIL.PUBLIX DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 8:13 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject: Re: NV backup on regular basis
Sysback is a life saver here. You get a bootable tape that can restore all
your filesystems and data. If you've got sysback, I'd be happy to post a
script that will run the backup (by volume group), including bringing down
Netview EUIs/daemons and CiscoWorks daemons. We run full weekly backups with
this utility via cron.
__________________________
Thanks,
Sean Davidson
Sr. Network Systems Engineer
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
P.O. Box 32015
Lakeland, Fl. 33802-2015
Email - sean.davidson AT publix DOT com
Voice - (863) 686-8754 x6889
Fax - (863)616-5895
-----Original Message-----
From: Kuffer Andreas [mailto:Andreas.Kuffer AT KUONI DOT CH]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:09 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject: NV backup on regular basis
Hi all
runing NetView 5.1.2 on AIX 4.3.2
I'm about to set up the regular backup strategy for our NetView-database.
I'd like to have this done automatically via a scheduling program. As I see
at the moment, there are two possible ways
1) using /usr/OV/install/tools/nvp.v5r1 (price is to stop all EUIs in
advance)
2) ovstop, backing up manually, ovstart (price is to acknowledge all the
daemon-down/up again messages, goodie is user's settings are not lost)
How do other admins handle this? Any ideas, suggestions?
With kind regards / mit freundlichen Gruessen
Andreas Kuffer
Kuoni Travel Ltd.
Neue Hard 7
CH-8010 Zuerich
Switzerland
Telefon : + 41 1 277 52 41
Fax : + 41 1 272 52 55
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