You caught me just kidding.  I do
a backup every morning at 3 AM
(well, the cron does).

In addition to the tar (mine is exactly
like the one you showed), I also do a
cpio of /usr/OV/conf and all subdirectories
in case there were some configuration file
changes I had made that day.

My backup has saved me more than once!

Les



>From: "Leslie Clark" <lclark AT us.ibm DOT com>
>Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>Subject: Re: [NV-L] Unbridled Netmon (backups!)
>Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 02:16:31 -0500
>
>Les, I'm sure you are kidding. But just in case you are not,
>and because there are probably impressionable new users
>listening...
>
>tar   -cvf  mybackup.tar  /usr/OV/databases/openview
>
>Do this regularly, do it when the map is just the way you like it, do
>it before that mksysb you do of the whole system for disaster recovery.
>Do it with at least netmon stopped. (Support would prefer that you
>stop everything, but better one with stuff up than none at all, I say).
>Do it after that 'ovtopofix -a/A' that you do weekly. And restore it
>(with all daemons stopped) with:
>
>      pax  -rp  e  -f  mybackup.tar
>
>This is against the day when you call Support and they tell you that
>you have corruption and must rediscover the network and redo
>you elaborate cut and paste job. Or the day when someone
>pushes the 'redo layout' button. Or netmon gets away from you
>and discovers the internet. Or you try the Filter button on the top
>level map. All of these have happened to me, and I promise
>that at least one of them will happen to you eventually.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Leslie A. Clark
>IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
>Detroit
>
>
>"Les Dickert" <lesdickert AT hotmail DOT com>@tkg.com on 02/23/2001 03:00:09 PM
>
>Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>
>Sent by:  owner-nv-l AT tkg DOT com
>
>
>To:   nv-l AT tkg DOT com
>cc:
>Subject:  Re: [NV-L] Unbridled Netmon
>
>
>
>Backup?  What's that?
>
>
>
> >From: "Leslie Clark" <lclark AT us.ibm DOT com>
> >Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
> >To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
> >Subject: Re: [NV-L] Unbridled Netmon
> >Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:44:42 -0500
> >
> >Not really. The only way netmon can go off without the seedfile
>controlling
> >it is if
> >a) the ovsuf entry for it has been damaged and no longer passes that
> >parameter
> >b) the file referenced in the parameter is not available or empty
> >c) you start netmon by saying 'netmon' (no parameters) rather than
>'ovstart
> >netmon'
> >
> >I am so proud that you had a backup, Mark.
> >
> >Cordially,
> >
> >Leslie A. Clark
> >IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> >(248) 552-4968 Voicemail, Fax, Pager
> >
> >
> >"Scherting, Mark" <mscherting AT state.mt DOT us>@tkg.com on 02/23/2001 
> >11:23:27
> >AM
> >
> >Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
> >
> >Sent by:  owner-nv-l AT tkg DOT com
> >
> >
> >To:   "NV-L (E-mail)" <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
> >cc:
> >Subject:  [NV-L] Unbridled Netmon
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I'm hoping someone here can confirm or refute my suspicions regarding the
> >cause of the following symptom(s) in my AIX 4.3.3, NV6.0.1 environment.
> >
> >Recently my Netmon took off on an unbridled (sans seedfile) voyage to
> >discover the world, earning me the new title of "Christopher Columbus",
> >apparently choking our DNSs and firewall in the process, and discovering
> >way
> >too much undesirable stuff.
> >
> >I believe I had stopped Netmon and absentmindedly left it down.  A
>collegue
> >noticed Netmon wasn't running and restarted it after becoming root with
> >"su", not "su -".  Root's .profile sources the Tivoli environment, as 
>does
> >this user's .profile.  I suspect that "su" didn't get the Tivoli
> >environment
> >set, thus netmon didn't know to use the seedfile and was able to run 
>wild.
> >
> >Are my suspicions correct or even on track?
> >
> >BTW, after reigning in Netmon I cleaned up the mess by restoring a recent
> >tarball of /usr/OV/databases.  Stuff DOES happen.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Mark A. Scherting
> >State of Montana
> >Information Services Division
> >(406) 444-0117
> >mscherting AT state.mt DOT us
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