I use Veritas NetBackup to do
an NDMP dump. I guess I can just backup the path
/.snapshot..?
Yes, but be careful if
you back this up by mounting the volume and using NFS or CIFS instead of using
dump on the filer or some other backup client. If the pathnames to the
files that you are backing up once mounted looks something like
"/dir/.snapshot/hourly.0/otherdir/filenames" then you will have some
additional work to do if you need to restore those files. If, however,
you mount or connect to the .snapshot/hourly.0 directory then the pathnames to
your file look something like "/dir/otherdir/filenames". The issue is
that anything on a filer below .snapshot is going to be read only so you want
to make sure that .snapshot is not in the pathname that gets stored on your
tapes.
>>> "Clawson, Simon"
<simon_clawson@mentorg.com> 04/25/01 04:32AM >>>
Is it
possible to backup just the .snapshot and then perform a restore from
this
data?
I am looking for ways to speed up the backups and this seems to
be a
possible option. It was suggested to me by a colleague as a method
of
backing up Clearcase VOBS, but would it be viable for the whole filer.
Of
course I would need to run a full backup at tleast once a month, but
this
would help me speed up most of my weekly runs.
Any
ideas/suggestions/views?
Simon
Simon Clawson
HDS Team Systems
Administrator
Mentor Graphics Uk
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London Road
Newbury
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