Backup with ftp?

[SeanAIX430]

Hello,

I have an old e20 IBM that is going to be replaced a few months down the road, but as of yesterday the tape backup stopped accepting tapes. I would like to backup everything again before I turn off the server and replace the tape drive. Can I just copy all the files through ftp? I've also been getting some weird error messages about the power supply so I want the backup before any sort of major crash.

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

what you also could do is take a backup from your server to a drive on another server :
you will need rsh to be open between both servers

#!/usr/bin/ksh
rm -f /tmp/pipe
mknod /tmp/pipe
mksysb /tmp/pipe &
dd if=/tmp/pipe | rsh otherserver "dd of=/dev/rmt0 bs=1024 conv=sync"
rm /tmp/pipe

I will not be bootable, but at least you will have an mksysb , which you can restore in worst case by booting from cd.

Regards,

R.

 

[aixnag]

Sean,

In addition to mksysb.
Take a tar of important DATA other than rootvg and critical application config details and ftp over to other servers.

Find out whether existing harddisk compatible to fit into your new box just incase your mksysb doen't work.

hope it helps.

aixnag
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[spamly]

My workgroup has created a backup server where we put all of our mksysb images. We NFS mount a specific filesystem to the server to be backed up and then just place the mksysb there.

 

[SeanAIX430]

Thanks for the advice, but I don't have any other Unix servers. I do have another harddrive that I installed and I'd like to backup to that drive for now, but I have no idea how. I just put the drive in and I believe it's been recognized etc, but I'm a windows guy so I need basic step by step instructions. TIA

 

[DukeSSD]

I would like to backup everything again before I turn off the server and replace the tape drive."
"I do have another harddrive that I installed and I'd like to backup to that drive for now"
How did you install a hard drive without turning off the server?
"I just put the drive in and I believe it's been recognized etc"
How, exactly, did you "just put the drive in"? and why do you "believe it's been recognized etc"?
How many drives were in the system and what size were they?
What size is the drive you have added?
When the system is replaced are you going to restore your data to the new system?
Is the new system another RS6000?
If you need basic instructions we need a LOT more information.
Oh, and you should probably be warned, the Exx machines have a bit of a cooling problem. You say you have put another drive it, so you have had some covers off. Don't run the system with the side covers off for more than a few minutes, they tend to burn out the processors if you do.
They also log power / cooling errors when the vents get a bit too much dust in them, so turn it off and vacuum all the dust you can see out of it before some thing burns out.