Checking the status of a dump command backup

How to find out whether a backup needs to be restarted

To find out whether a backup initiated by the dump command is proceeding as expected or has terminated, you can run the backup status command. The command provides output in the following format.

ID State       Type   Device  Start Date     Level  Path

-- -----       ----   ------  ----------     -----  ----

1  ACTIVE      dump   nrst0a  Nov 28 00:22   0     /vol/vol0

2  ACTIVE      dump   nrst0a  Nov 28 00:22   3     /vol/vol1

4  ACTIVE      NDMP   urst1a  Nov 28 00:22   1     /vol/vol0

6  RESTARTABLE dump           Nov 27 00:22   3     /vol/vol1

The elements of this output (the "dump table") are described in the following table.

Element	Meaning
`ID`	The unique ID assigned to the dump and the index in the software's internal dump table. As soon as a dump completes, its ID number is deallocated and returned to the pool of available slots. The total number of entries in the dump table is limited to 32
`State`	The state of the dump: ACTIVE or RESTARTABLE
`Type`	The type of dump: standard format (dump) or NDMP protocol (NDMP)
`Device`	The current device to which the dump is writing
`Start Date`	Date on which the backup began
`Level`	The level of the dump (0 through 9)
`Path`	The dump path

How to get details about a specific backup

To get more detailed information about a specific backup initiated by the dump command, supply the dump ID at the end of the backup status command, for example:

filer> backup status 2

State:       ACTIVE                     Type:        dump 

Path:        /vol/vol0/src              Level:       0 

Options:     b=63, u

Devices:     rst1a,rst2a,rst3a

Completed:   3 tape files

Last Update: Mon Nov 26 00:14:35 2001

The backup status output for an individual dump ID supplies the following additional information.

Element	Meaning
`Options`	All the options specified for the backup and their respective arguments
`Completed`	The number of tape files that have already been copied
`Last Update`	The time and date of the last completed update