Scott,

We have used tar to back up and restore /usr/OV/databases, with the Netview 
daemons down, without any issues.

Raymond Erdey
http://www.geocities.com/rerdey/

-----Original Message-----
From: Bursik, Scott {PBSG} [mailto:Scott.Bursik AT pbsg DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:32 PM
To: 'Nv-L (nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com)'
Subject: [nv-l] Compress database Directory


NetView 7.1.3 AIX 4.3.3

I am doing some trouble shooting on one of my NetView servers and I am
getting ready to restart automatic map generation but before I do I want to
back up my databases directory. I remember someone telling me not to use tar
on the databases because it can damage them. Is that true and if it is, what
should I use?

Thanks,

Scott Bursik
PBSG