dbbackup
| Article:HOWTO36785 | | | Created: 2010-12-08 | | | Updated: 2011-01-06 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO36785 |
DESCRIPTION
dbbackup is a script used for backing up and restoring the CommandCentral databases. The script also performs a database validation of backed up databases.
OPTIONS
- -o dbbackup_logfile
Records dbbackup actions to a log file. Because validation is a standard part of the backup process, the log file includes validation information.
If dbbackup_logfile is unspecified, output is written to a file named dbbackup_log in the current directory.
If the -o option is not specified during backup , no log files are created.
- -novalidate
Lets you skip the database validation in the database back up process.
- -dbvalid
Lets you perform database validation on any database that is backed up and saved in the backupDir directory. Using this option does not perform a database back up. If no log file is specified, the validation output is written to dbvalid_log in the current working directory.
NOTES
dbbackup resides on Management Servers by default in: /opt/VRTSccs/VRTSccsts/bin
On Windows, you perform backups with the dbbackup.bat batch file, that resides by default in: \Program Files\VERITAS\CommandCentral Storage\Support\tools
See Backing up the CommandCentral database
During restores, both the Solaris and the Windows scripts automatically stop and restart the database.
If a database back up process is already running when you run the dbbackup command, the system prompts you to try again later.
If the database validation process fails, a message prompts you to run the database back up again with the -o option specified for logging.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE 1: The following command backs up the CommandCentral database to the my_db_backups directory:
/opt/VRTSccs/VRTSccsts/bin/dbbackup /my_db_backups -o
Logging is turned on to write database backup and validation output messages to a log. Because a log directory is not specified, the dbbackup log is written to the file dbbackup_log in the current directory.
EXAMPLE 2: The following command restores previously backed up CommandCentral database to the /var/VRTSccs/database/ directory:
/opt/VRTSccs/VRTSccsts/bin/dbbackup /my_db_backups -restore
Because a restore directory is not specified, dbbackup restores the database to the default data directory (/var/VRTSccs/database/).
EXAMPLE 3: The following command backs up the CommandCentral database to the my_db_backups directory but does not perform database validation:
/opt/VRTSccs/VRTSccsts/bin/dbbackup /my_db_backups -novalidate
Because the -o option is not specified, no dbbackup_log or dbvalid_log files are created.
EXAMPLE 4: The following command runs a validation of the previously backed up CommandCentral database that is saved in the my_db_backups directory:
/opt/VRTSccs/VRTSccsts/bin/dbbackup /my_db_backups -dbvalid -o
Because no log file directory is specified, dbbackup writes the dbvalid_log file to the current working directory.
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