Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message news:<40e569d7$0$136$1b2cd167@news.wanadoo.nl>...
> yls177 <yls177@hotmail.com> wrote:
> [deleted]
> > fbackup -f /dev/rmt/mydevice -g backupfile
> >
> > my backupfile is as follows
> > i /
> > i /stand
> > i /var
> > i /usr
> > e /usr/sap/trans
> > e /usr/sap/put
> > e /usr/sap/sid
> > e /tmp_trans
> > e /tmp
> > i /sapmnt/sid
> > i /sap_interface
> > i /oracle/stage/817_64
> > i /oracle/stage/816_64
> > i /oracle/sid
> > i /oracle/sid/sapreorg
> > i /oracle/sid/sapdata6
> > i /oracle/sid/sapdata5
> > i /oracle/sid/sapdata4
> > i /oracle/sid/sapdata3
> > i /oracle/sid/sapdata2
> > i /oracle/sid/sapdata1
> > i /oracle/sid/saparch
> > i /oracle/sid/origlogB
> > i /oracle/sid/origlogA
> > i /oracle/sid/mirrlogB
> > i /oracle/sid/mirrlogA
> > i /oracle/805_64
> > i /opt
> > e /old_kernel
> > e /home
> >
> > 1) must the name of the -g filename be "graphfile"? cos here, i
> > changed to "backupfile"
>
> No, you can have any name. Note however that an incremental backup
> will refer to the absolute pathname of the graphfile, so you will have
> to use the same pathname for the full and incremental backups.
>
> > 2) also, how about the owner/ermission of this file?
>
> As long as the user which invokes fbackup, normally root, can read it,
> then it should be OK.
>
> > 3) i got the entries of "backupfile" from bdf command. any concerns?
>
> Yes, that is the right way (or the mount command, etc.).
>
> > 4) any idea how to check whether the entries in "backupfile" space is
> > enough for the tape device?
>
> No because (hardware) data compression is dependent on the actual
> data, you can not know in advance how much will fit on a tape. For some
> fbackup versions (for 11.X?) there is some fbackup option which makes
> fbackup report the total size of the backup *after* it is finished. You
> can use that, together with an estimate of the compression factor (start
> with 1, i.e. no compression) and the native mode (i.e. uncompressed)
> capacity of the tape in question, to try to get as much as possible on
> the tape.


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fbackup(1004): session begins on Sat Jul 10 23:46:27 2004
fbackup(3203): volume 1 has been used 1 time(s)
fbackup(3024): writing volume 1 to the output file /dev/rmt/mydevice
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client2569
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client2691
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client2924
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client3021
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client3212
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client3290
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
/var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client3365
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93507 was NOT backed up
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93508 was NOT backed up
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93510 was NOT backed up
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93512 was NOT backed up
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93513 was NOT backed up
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93514 was NOT backed up
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 93515 was NOT backed up
fbackup(1030): warnings encountered during backup
fbackup(3055): total file blocks read for backup: 77878219
fbackup(3056): total blocks written to output file /dev/rmt/mydevice:
78224868
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my graphfile is the same as the above except that i have "e /".
however, what does the above warning indicates?