> We had a glitch using this procedure in an upgrade last
> weekend (copying
> from an old filer running 5.3.6R2 to a new one running 6.1R1).
>
> We did the level-0 Thursday night, with a level-1 during a
> Saturday a.m.
> downtime. The level-0's all claimed to complete without
> error, but a few
> of the incrementals based on those level-0's failed to
> restore, complaining
> that the full-restore had not completed & thus an incremental restore
> could not proceed.
Excuse me if I ask something probably obvious, but was this done with the
Java version of NDMPcopy '-level i' or '-level 0' (and than '-level 1', and
so on...)?
> Anyway, I'd say go ahead but make sure you see both "DUMP IS
> DONE" _and_
> "RESTORE IS DONE" on all of your copies, or do them over
> before proceeding
> to the next incremental.
Thanks for the tip. I guess this would require constant attendance during
the whole operation.
> A tool like rsync on a fast client or two can help a lot.
In the light of all the potential problems, this definitely seems like a
good idea, especially before the final volume switch.
As a side note, does anyone know of native (i.e. not Java) UnixWare 7 or Win
NT 4 binaries of NDMPcopy and rsync?
Robert