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Baski's avatar
Baski
Level 5
14 years ago

What are the files netbackup will take on UNIX

Hi Team,

 

I have doubt on Netbackup Standard policy.

 

Master, Media and client: Sun 10, NBU 6.5.6

We have a policy with Standard type and no check on "NFS and cross mount". May I know , what are the files will netbackup take. I found only below files has been taken

ufs,sharefs ,devfs  then from

 

Actually below are file system reside on the server.

# df -n

/                  : ufs
/devices           : devfs
/system/contract   : ctfs
/proc              : proc
/etc/mnttab        : mntfs
/etc/svc/volatile  : tmpfs
/system/object     : objfs
/etc/dfs/sharetab  : sharefs
/platform/sun4v/lib/libc_psr.so.1: lofs
/platform/sun4v/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1: lofs
/dev/fd            : fd
/var               : ufs
/tmp               : tmpfs
/var/run           : tmpfs
/localdata         : ufs
/u01               : ufs
/opt               : ufs
/dbbackup          : ufs
/export/home       : ufs
/var/crash         : ufs
/ora/db001/redo002 : nfs
/ora/db002/redo001 : nfs
/ora/db001/redo001 : nfs
/ora/db002/data001 : nfs
/ora/db001/arch001 : nfs
/ora/db002/inx001  : nfs
/ora/db002/redo002 : nfs
/ora/db001/data001 : nfs
/ora/db001/inx001  : nfs
/ora/db002/arch001 : nfs

 

why and how only these file systems are taken ( ufs,sharefs ,devfs )

 

Please help us.

cheers,

7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
  • Andy_Welburn's avatar
    Andy_Welburn
    14 years ago

    e.g. "volatile" filesystems that are only applicable to the system as it is running now as a result of currently running processes etc.

     

    DOCUMENTATION: Using the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES policy directive or the root directory "/" as the Backup Selection automatically excludes directory contents of some filesystems such as /tmp and /proc from backup.
    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH7333

    Also covered in the Admin Guide:

    "...
    NetBackup automatically excludes the following file system types on most platforms:

    ■cdrom (all UNIX platforms)
    ■cachets (AIX, Solaris, SGI, UnixWare)
    ■devpts (Linux)
    ■mntfs (Solaris)
    ■proc (UNIX platforms; does not exclude automatically for AIX, so /proc must be added manually to the exclude list. If /proc is not added manually, partially successful backups may result with the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive on AIX)
    ■tmpfs (Linux)
    ■usbdevfs (Linux)
    ..."

  • Dipendra_Singh's avatar
    Dipendra_Singh
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    Hi Baski,

    As per my understanding all the mount points locally mounted on server will be backed up, apart from the network shared mounts as you have not selected any option of cross mount point or NFS......

  • Andy_Welburn's avatar
    Andy_Welburn
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    e.g. "volatile" filesystems that are only applicable to the system as it is running now as a result of currently running processes etc.

     

    DOCUMENTATION: Using the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES policy directive or the root directory "/" as the Backup Selection automatically excludes directory contents of some filesystems such as /tmp and /proc from backup.
    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH7333

    Also covered in the Admin Guide:

    "...
    NetBackup automatically excludes the following file system types on most platforms:

    ■cdrom (all UNIX platforms)
    ■cachets (AIX, Solaris, SGI, UnixWare)
    ■devpts (Linux)
    ■mntfs (Solaris)
    ■proc (UNIX platforms; does not exclude automatically for AIX, so /proc must be added manually to the exclude list. If /proc is not added manually, partially successful backups may result with the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive on AIX)
    ■tmpfs (Linux)
    ■usbdevfs (Linux)
    ..."