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To check that our offline file system backup is successful, we are planning to restore the offline file system backup from the tape on to a new test server.
Our current SAP system (ABAP only) is in cluster with CI running on one node (using virtual host name cicep) & DB running on another node (using virtual host name dbcep).
Now, is it possible to restore the offline file system backup of the above said cluster server on to a single server with a different host name?
Please help on this.
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Dear Ashish
We want to include file system backup process as part of our backup strategy. To test the waters, we are planning to take a backup of the at filesystems level. Following are the filesystems in our production systems.
We have a test server (hostname is different), without any filesystems created beforehand.
I want to know:
1. Which filesystems will be required from the below:
/dev/hd4         4194304   3772184   11%     5621     2% /
/dev/hd2        10485760   6151688   42%    43526     6% /usr
/dev/hd9var      4194304   4048944    4%     4510     1% /var
/dev/hd3         4194304   2571760   39%     1543     1% /tmp
/dev/hd1          131072    129248    2%       85     1% /home
/proc                  -         -    -         -     - /proc
/dev/hd10opt      655360    211232   68%     5356    18% /opt
/dev/oraclelv   83886080 73188656   13%    11091     1% /oracle
/dev/optoralv   20971520 20967664    1%        4     1% /opt/oracle
/dev/oracleGSPlv   83886080 74783824   11%    18989     1% /oracle/GSP
/dev/sapdata1lv 833617920 137990760   84%     3189     1% /oracle/GSP/sapdata1
/dev/sapdata2lv 623902720 215847400   66%       82     1% /oracle/GSP/sapdata2
/dev/sapdata3lv 207093760 108510632   48%       24     1% /oracle/GSP/sapdata3
/dev/sapdata4lv 207093760 127516424   39%       28     1% /oracle/GSP/sapdata4
/dev/origlogAlv   20971520 20730080    2%        8     1% /oracle/GSP/origlogA
/dev/origlogBlv   20971520 20730080    2%        8     1% /oracle/GSP/origlogB
/dev/mirrlogAlv   20971520 20762848    1%        6     1% /oracle/GSP/mirrlogA
/dev/mirrlogBlv   20971520 20762848    1%        6     1% /oracle/GSP/mirrlogB
/dev/oraarchlv 311951360 265915600   15%      526     1% /oracle/GSP/oraarch
/dev/usrsaplv   41943040 41449440    2%      165     1% /usr/sap
/dev/sapmntlv   41943040 20149168   52%   565823    21% /sapmnt
/dev/usrsapGSPlv   41943040 25406768   40%   120250     5% /usr/sap/GSP
/dev/saptranslv   41943040   5244424   88%   136618    18% /usr/sap/trans
IDES:/sapcd     83886080   4791136   95%    18878     4% /sapcd
GILSAPED:/usr/sap/trans   41943040   5244424   88%   136618    18% /usr/sap/trans
2. Is it possible to directly backup the filesystems (like /dev/oracleGSPlv)? This requirement is because, when I backup (using tar) /oracle, all the folders in /oracle, like /oracle/GSP, /oracle/GSP/sapdata1 etc, are also backed up. I do not want it. I would like to backup the filesystems directly.
3. Which unix backup tools are used to backup the individual filesystems?
4. How do we restore the filesystems to the test server?
Thanks for your advise.
Abdul
Edited by: Abdul Rahim Shaik on Feb 8, 2010 12:10 PM

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