Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms

About configuring SnapVault backup of Open Systems storage platforms

Setting up SnapVault for Open Systems platform backup (backup of Windows NT, Windows 2000, Solaris, AIX, Linux, HP-UX systems, and so on) involves installing special agents on those systems and preparing the SnapVault secondary storage system to fulfill its backup tasks.

See the Open Systems SnapVault Release Notes for information about supported systems and installing the SnapVault agent on your system.

Backing up and restoring the agent database

The Open Systems SnapVault agent creates a history database of files and directories that the agent is backing up. You can back up this database and restore it if something happens to the original.

Note
You must have root or admin priveledges on the primary storage system to back up or restore the agent database.

To back up the Open Systems SnapVault agent database, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Using the command-line interface of the Open Systems SnapVault primary storage system, navigate to the snapvault/bin directory. On Windows systems, the default path is c:\Program Files\snapvault\bin On UNIX systems, the default path is /usr/snapvault/bin
2	Back up the agent database using the following command: ./svdb -s Result The primary system prints a file name to the console.
3	Save the file in a safe location.

Step

Action

Using the command-line interface of the Open Systems SnapVault primary storage system, navigate to the snapvault/bin directory.

On Windows systems, the default path is c:\Program Files\snapvault\bin
On UNIX systems, the default path is /usr/snapvault/bin

Back up the agent database using the following command:

./svdb -s

Result

The primary system prints a file name to the console.

Save the file in a safe location.

To restore the Open Systems SnapVault agent database, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Using the command-line interface of the Open Systems SnapVault primary storage system, navigate to the snapvault/bin directory. On Windows systems, the default path is c:\Program Files\snapvault\bin On UNIX systems, the default path is /usr/snapvault/bin
2	Restore the agent database by using the following command: ./svdb -r filename filename is the file name printed to the console when you backed up the agent database.
3	Stop and restart Open Systems SnapVault services using the svconfigurator utility. See the Open Systems SnapVault Release Notes for details.

Step

Action

Using the command-line interface of the Open Systems SnapVault primary storage system, navigate to the snapvault/bin directory.

On Windows systems, the default path is c:\Program Files\snapvault\bin
On UNIX systems, the default path is /usr/snapvault/bin

Restore the agent database by using the following command:

./svdb -r filename

filename is the file name printed to the console when you backed up the agent database.

Stop and restart Open Systems SnapVault services using the svconfigurator utility. See the Open Systems SnapVault Release Notes for details.

After installing the agent

On the SnapVault secondary storage system, use the console commands to license and enable SnapVault, specify the Open Systems platforms to back up, start the initial baseline copy, and schedule times to download updates from the Open Systems platforms. See Configuring the SnapVault secondary storage system and Managing SnapVault backup of Open Systems platforms for information about these operations.