make_tape_recovery During Production

[simpson]

can you run a make_tape_recovery while the systems is up, running and users are accessing data/apps? Or does it require apps to be stopped, users locked out?

thanks

 

[Martin999]

just run - system can be up (in fact, I suspect it needs to be).

make_tape_recovery -ai

(check man page, if switches should be in uppercase).

-a includes all filesystems in vg00 (man page explains this, there is a config file that denotes what -A will capture). We always use it and it always works.

-i makes it interactive, that way, when you boot off it it will stop and give you the option to chaange filesystem layout , without it you get the "10 secs to press a key message).

 

[pete91z]

make_tape_recovery should be ok during production time (we run them on Fridays) I think make_sys_image is the one that should be run out of business hours as it changes certain conf files while creating the image.

 

[yai]

normally your applications/databases are not located in the system vg (vg00), so you are safe running make_tape_recovery during business hours - i prefer make_net_recovery, though. If you have databases in vg00, they must be down to be recoverable - or use some fancy online backup mechanism like oracles "alter tablespace begin backup - alter tablespace end backup" mechanism.

 

[simpson]

Thanks!