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Backing-Up Your VIOS Server

1. The easiest way to backup a VIOS server is to create an NFS mount point on another machine and mount the VIOS filesystem to it. 2. Export the filesystem on the VIOS server and login as the "padmin" user to mount and start backups. 3. The backupios command is used to create a mksysb backup file of the VIOS server filesystem excluding the media library to save space and time.

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Backing-Up Your VIOS Server

1. The easiest way to backup a VIOS server is to create an NFS mount point on another machine and mount the VIOS filesystem to it. 2. Export the filesystem on the VIOS server and login as the "padmin" user to mount and start backups. 3. The backupios command is used to create a mksysb backup file of the VIOS server filesystem excluding the media library to save space and time.

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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Backing-up your VIOS server


The easiest way to backup your VIOS servers is to create an NFS mount-point on another machine and then mount it. e.g.

1. Create a new directory/mount-point:

# mkdir /backups
# chmod 0777 /backups

2. Create a public-share in "/etc/exports". (Note this is a quick and dirty method without security)

# cat > /etc/exports


/fixes -public,sec=sys:krb5p:krb5i:krb5:dh,rw

3. Export the filesystem

# exportfs -a
# lsnfsexp
/fixes -public,sec=sys:krb5p:krb5i:krb5:dh,rw

4. Login to your VIOS server as "padmin" and switch to root (You have to do that as “root” because “padmin” uses a restricted
shell).

$ oem_setup_env
# mount server:/backups /mnt
# ^d

5. Start the backup. This example does not backup the media-library for quickness, and to save space, however there are many
options available:

backupios -file {Directory} [-nosvg][-nomedialib]


backupios -file {Filename} [-mksysb][-nopak][-nosvg][-nomedialib]
backupios -tape Device [-blocks Number] [-nopak] [-verify] [-nosvg][-nomedialib]
backupios -cd Device {-udf | -cdformat} [-accept] [-nosvg][-nomedialib]

$ backupios -file /mnt/backupios.mksysb -mksysb -nomedialib

Creating /mnt/backupios.mksysb
Backup in progress. This command can take a considerable amount of time
to complete, please be patient...

Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg.

Creating list of files to back up.

Backing up 107493 files.....................

107493 of 107493 files (100%)


0512-038 savevg: Backup Completed Successfully.
6. Once the backup has completed switch back to root and un-mount "/mnt"

$ oem_setup_env
# umount /mnt

7. Login to the backup server host and check the backup file as follows:

# lsmksysb -sf ./backupios.mksysb | head


New volume on ./imx02.backupios:
Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
The volume number is 1.
The backup date is: Tue Nov 26 08:46:01 CET 2013
Files are backed up by name.
The user is root.
5576 ./bosinst.data
11 ./tmp/vgdata/rootvg/image.info
12736 ./image.data
316958 ./tmp/vgdata/rootvg/backup.data
0 ./usr
0 ./usr/X11R6
19 ./usr/X11R6/lib
8 ./usr/adm
0 ./usr/aix
0 ./usr/aix/bin

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