application disk, 11 copying block-by-block (copyutil), 290, 295 database data disks, partitioning, 11 partitioning information, finding and recording (SysAudit), 143 raw partitions, copying (dd utility), 72 RDBMS, failures of, 362 recovery companies, 664 standardizing layout, 10 hard drives exported data, writing to, 452 hardware backups, 616-648 comparison of products, 645-648 using, 621-625 vendors, 643-645 web site information, 616 compatibility problems, reading backup volumes, 129 compression (AMANDA), 148, 157, 161, 169 failure, losing data from, 44 HA vs. fault-tolerant systems, 234 HA systems surviving failures of, 232 hosts, information on (SysInfo), 144 IRIX system, listing available, 311, 317 network and backup, maximizing use, 216 recovering system onto new, 337 headers cpio backups, problems with, 109 dumps, 657 head-to-tape transfer rate, 618 heartbeat links, 233, 235 helical scan linear vs., 625 streaming, 629 help (AMANDA) on web site, 151 Hewlett Packard make_recovery utility, 251 Hewlett-Packard HP-UX (see HP-UX operating system) Hierarchical Storage Management (see HSM) high availability, 47, 232-246 (see also HA systems) high-water-mark parameters (unconfig file), 400 hold file, delaying AMANDA backup runs, 167 holding disks allocating for AMANDA, 157 assigning to single AMANDA configuration, 177 configuring, 160 degraded mode and tape server crashes, 172 status, monitoring during backup, 172 tape server, AMANDA utility, 147 hostdump.sh utility, 86-91, 253, 366 command arguments, 88 Compaq True-64 Unix, backing up, 285, 287 options, 89 quick and dirty backups with, 141 script, obtaining from web site or CD-ROM (with book), 86 Solaris OS backup, 254 Sun OS/Solaris system, backing up, 257-259 hostname (Sysback utility backup files), 333 hosts backup registry, creating, 595 backups, consolidating, 220 complete list, maintaining, 36 hardware and operating system information (SysInfo), 144 hostdump.sh utility, backing up with, 141 Informix instances ann, 377 Informix instances (multiple) on single, 380 Microsoft Windows systems, backing up, 146 network, monitoring for new (queso), 144 read permissions, file backups, 335 tape server (AMANDA), configuring, 155 trusted, access permission and, 81 Page 685 hot backups, 363 Oracle databases, 464, 466 oraback.sh utility, 473 procedures for, 465 Sybase databases, 544 automating, 549-553 restoring from, 556 hot site, 26 Hot Standby Routing Protocol (see HSRP), 237 hot-standby systems, high availability and, 47 HP-UX operating system core components, 292 fbackup utility, 73 recovering, 290-305 HP-UX Support Media copyutil utility, 295-299 HSM, 206 time-to-data, importance of, 619 HSRP, 237 HTM documentation formats, 15 I IBM AIX operating system (see AIX operating system) backup drives, 621 bare-metal recovery tools, 323 Magstar drives, 633 mksysb utility AIX operating system recovery, 324-330 Sysback utility, 330-336 (see also Sysback utility) IBM conversion table (ASCII to EBCDIC), 124 Ignite-UX filesets, required system installment, 291 make_recovery utility, 290-291 using, 293-295 (see also make_recovery utility) IHVs, 643 image.data file (AIX system backup), 327 importing table (single), 526 Impossible header type error, 109 include lists backups dangers in using, 8, 35 cpio, and tar utilities, using relative paths, 104 tar command, generating, 116 tar versions, supporting, 117 incremental backups, 38 AMANDA, 149, 157 complete filesystem restores and, 95 cpio utility, 71, 104-105 mksysb utility, not supporting, 324 SQL Backup, able to perform, 370 transaction log dumps vs., 366 VLDB or VLS backups, 196 VOBs, 604 incremental dumps, 76 Independent Hardware Vendors (see IHVs) indexes amrecover, enabling for, 178 backup comparing to volume tables of contents, 229 protecting, 225-227 blocks in extents, 241-242 catalogs, removing old, 167 as database objects, 349 databases, 351 Informix, 378 Oracle, 457 Sybase, 533, 541 dump backup volumes, 83, 96 SCSI devices (copyutil), 296 individual interface definitions (AMANDA), 175 inetd configuration file, 166 AMANDA client entries, 155 debugging AMANDA client backup setup, 166 infback.conf file, 414 installation and configuration (rclogs.sh), 422 infback.sh utility, 142 archives, automating with ontape, 412-419 functions of, 414 named pipes, using, 436 onconfig file, copying, 431 Informix databases Online Backup and Recovery (see also onbar utility), 365 architecture, 377-387 Page 686 Informix database (continued) backup and recovery, 376-454 backups and restores, unique aspects, 375 Extended Parallel Option (see XPO) extents, physically contiguous, 355 instances backups, 409 storing on server, 366 logical log, 373 Online Backup and Recovery (onbar), 204 recovering, 428-454 rootdbs, loss of, 372 tblspace, 379 transaction logs and, 364 versions, ontape and, 403 Informix Storage Manager (see ISM; Legato Networker) inftab file, 366 editing to use infback.sh utility, 417 infback.sh utility and, 414 Informix instances, listing, 388 installation and configuration (rclogs.sh), 422 startup, backup, and monitoring scrips, basing upon, 390 Initial System Load (ISL), 305 not intervening in, 295 inodes, dump utility handling, 656 input block size, differing from output, 124 input mode, informing cpio about, 110 installation AMANDA utility, 151-155 backup systems, 222 dbstart.informix.sh script, 390 HA products, configuring, 244 infback.sh utility, 417 IRIX bootable tape, 312 bootable tape, specifying location, 313 IRIX, bypassing in system recovery, 315 oraback.sh, 469 rclogs.sh and its configuration files, 422 syback.sh utility, 550 Sysback utility, 330 systems (new), backups as integral part, 62 installboot, AIX system and, 323 Installed Products Database (see IPD) instances backing up whole or part (onbar), 427 backups, being sure to include, 365 databases and, 347 example of, 348 Informix databases backups, 409 ensuring restart, 448 servers vs., 377 listing all on server, 366 multiple databases within each, 372 objects within, tracking, 357 Oracle databases, 456 customizing backups, 475 system tablespace, 459 servers and, 347 taking offline (restores), 448 Intel rescue floppies, Web site listing, 272 interactive restores, 94, 96 cpio, unable to perform, 70 interface(s) file, 366, 536 data server entries, 537 lost or damaged, 564 Sybase database restore, 561 interfaces, types of (backup utilities), 221 interleaving data, 194 restores, problems with, 195 internal fragmentation (disks), 241 Internet, information on backup utilities, 230 Internet Operating System Counter, use of queso utility, 144 inventory, backup volumes, 12, 32-34 checks and spot checks, 54 storage vendor, cross-checking locations, 55 I/O operations, 133 IP addresses boot PROM, setting to local system, 319 scanning range of (nmap), 145 takeover and primary servers having same, 235 IPD, make_recovery utility and, 292 Page 687 IRIX operating system backup and restore utilities, 307-310 recovering, 306-322 volume header (system disk), listing, 316 ISL (Intial System Load), 305 not intervening in, 295 ISM, 401 J journaling filesystems, 46,241 AdvFS, providing, 282 high availability and, 232 (see also nonjournaled filesystems) jukeboxes, 642 vendors of, 645 (see also autoloaders; libraries) justifying financial needs (backups), 64 K Kerberos authentication system, 190 using with AMANDA, 148 Kernel type, boot image on Sysback tape, 334 L labeling tapes, 160-163, 255 amlabel (AMANDA), 163 creating labels, 266 test run tapes, relabeling, 166 LAN backing up data across, 211 HA, handling across, 235-236 SAN vs., 213 large files or UID/GIDs, make-recovery utility and, 293 Laser Magnetic Storage (see LMS; Plasmon LMS NCTP drive) Legato NetWorker, 401 using with rman and onbar, 369 (see also ISM) length and filemark values (tapetype), 161 LEOT, 78 levels partitioning SIDF, 219 RAID, defining, 238-241 levels (backups), 38 dumptype parameters, controlling, 174 hostdump.sh command, specifying, 88 listing date of last, 77 [...]... from, 373 onload utility, 451 onmonitor utility logical logs, changing number, 395 ontape utility, configuring, 404 on-site storage, 53 on-site vault systems (media protection), 14 onstat command, 449 ontape utility features, onbar utility vs., 424 ontape utility, 369 automating archives, 412-419 cold restores, 435 configuration, 404 Page 692 ontape utility (continued) continuous backup automation,... (nmap), 145 remote, information on (queso), 144 restores HP-UX system, 290-305 Solaris, 253-256 restoring systems without, 224 root disk, replacing without, 252 SGI, older, 312-315 storing on one disk, importance of, 10 Sun OS/Solaris, 249-269 restoring, 262-269 SysAudit utility output, rebuilding OS with, 260-262 utilities to store data, 9 operators, ontape continuous backups requiring, 419 optical drives,... backup and recovery, 323-337 AMANDA utility, distributed with, 151 backup of root partition, 191 backup tools, including, 26 backups copyutil utility, limitations of, 296 Linux, 275 restoring (Solaris), 254 Sun OS/Solaris, 253 Sysback utility, 331 block size, hardcoding, 135 cloning to different system, 337 Compaq True-64 Unix, restoring, 282-289 customized files for databases, restoring, 371 data recovery. .. importance of, 102 backup utilities, differences in method, 221 dump utility, backup problems, 78 SNMP, sophistication of Novell NDS, leaving out of backup products, 189 O objects database in data disk, 371 database tables and, 353 Oracle databases, 457 Sybase databases, 533 OCC, 54 OCS, 347 offline redologs, 461 offline storage, 624 off-site storage backup volumes, 6 disaster preparation, appropriate for area,... recording formats, 637 optical recording methods, 635-637 time-to-data, 619 web page information on, 641 options configuring AMANDA build, 153 cpio utility, 105 -108 portability problems, 114 restore, 110 creating database or table, 454 dbcc utility, 541 dd command, 122 dump utility, 75 hostdump.sh utility, 89 magnetic tape command (mt), 84 onbar utility logical restores, 443 physical restores, 442 ontape... recovery without installing, 10 DBAs, needing knowledge of, 354 full support of (commercial backup utilities), 189 hosts, information on (SysInfo), 144 HP-UX, core components, 292 IRIX recovery, 306-322 Linux backup method, deciding, 272 restoring, 270, 280-281 new versions, affect on backups, 62 partitioning disk, vs table partitions, 533 partitioning of disks, standardizing, 256 remote, detecting... menu options, Sysback utility, 331 metadata (Linux OS), backing up, 9, 271, 275 Metrum tape drives, 634 Microsoft network filesystem (SMB protocol), 203 Registry, leaving out of commercial backup products, 189 Microsoft Windows (95/98/NT/2000)-based hosts, backing up, 146 minimum block size, 100 , 107 , 116, 123 miniroot booting system to, 254 IRIX, bare-metal recovery with, 315 IRIX, copying to system... online documentation, proper storage of, 12 online log groups active, damaged, 522 damaged, adding or dropping inactive, 524 inactive, damaged, 523 missing or corrupted member, 503 online logs damaged, 520 errors in (restores), 444 online partial restores, 373 online redologs, 373, 461 applying (database recovery) , 500 backing up, 466 online storage spaces, restoring, 425 online transaction logs, losing... (see logical volumes) M magnetic tape command (see mt command) magneto-optical media disks, as backup medium, 19 recording formats, 641 recording method, 636 Magnicomb SysInfo utility, 144 Magstar 3590 drive, 634 Magstar MP (3570) drive, 633 make _recovery utility, 9, 251 bootable system recovery tape, creating, 291-295 configuring to include extra backup data, 294 options, 293 -p, 293 output, 294 recovery. .. tablespace Informix vs., 379 ratable file, 366 new instances, adding, 387 output copyutil utility, 297-299 make _recovery command, 294 subsystem, redesigning form non-tape media (AMANDA), 150 output block size, specifying, 123 output device (cpio command), 107 output files not truncating, 124 specifying, dd backups, 122 overwriting files options in backup utilities, 225 unconditionally (cpio), 110 overwriting . use of queso utility, 144 inventory, backup volumes, 12, 32-34 checks and spot checks, 54 storage vendor, cross-checking locations, 55 I /O operations, 133 IP addresses boot PROM, setting to local. Backup and Recovery (onbar), 204 recovering, 428-454 rootdbs, loss of, 372 tblspace, 379 transaction logs and, 364 versions, ontape and, 403 Informix Storage Manager (see ISM; Legato Networker) inftab. of database servers, 27 partitions (disk array), 213 RAID levels and, 239 redologs, importance of, 493, 529 remote, for disaster recovery, 237 Solaris OS root disk, 249 VOB backups, 603 restores,