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elahe89
Level 3
4 years ago

open text file which was backed up via netbackup

Hi , Sorry if my question is very naive! but I'm a newbie and I need some help. I've backup a text file from a directory in one of my Linux machines via NetBackup, each backed up file is saved as t...
8.1.2
Windows Server 2016
  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    4 years ago

    Hi elahe89 

    "no world champ has ever dropped from the sky"  :)

    Image files at the media server, is not intended to be opened  and edited while being "data at rest". The image file includes data itself but also the file system metadata like permissions share right or/or ACL's. If the data is backup of a databases, data in the images files are a bit stream and not regular files.

    Netbackup uses a modified version of tar (nbtar) to store data on both disk and tape drives.

    If you need the data, is better (and supported) to be conduction a re-directed restore using the bprestore command.

    https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/123533878-127136857-0/v123543657-127136857

    and it's recommended to know altnames as well. altnames is used to provide restore right for clients.

    https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/18716246-126559472-0/v41612926-126559472

    Best Regards
    Nicolai

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    4 years ago

    Hi elahe89 

    RMAN will not backup its own activity file, so you can run bpbackup command from your script to capture the text files, or you schedule a regular policy to backup text files in /tmp with regular interval.

    You will need a "schedule" of type "user backup" in policy to initiate the bpbackup command.

    /Nicolai

     

elahe89's avatar
elahe89
Level 3

Hi Nicolai 

Thank you so much for your complete answer, 

and is there any chance you could give me a hint about the automating backup of my RMAN's log file?

Nicolai's avatar
Nicolai
Moderator
4 years ago

Hi elahe89 

RMAN will not backup its own activity file, so you can run bpbackup command from your script to capture the text files, or you schedule a regular policy to backup text files in /tmp with regular interval.

You will need a "schedule" of type "user backup" in policy to initiate the bpbackup command.

/Nicolai

 

  • elahe89's avatar
    elahe89
    Level 3
    4 years ago

    Hi Nicolai 

    I tested bpbackup and it worked, thanks a lot for your help. but there is a thing between.

    1- I need to backup a .log file and I need this to backup by its original format. how can I backup it up "file-based"? 

    2 - Is it possible for Netbackup not to change the original file's name and keep it while it back it up?

    Thanks in advance.