Multiple Volume Group Backups

[Roomer]

I have written a script that attempts to save 3 volume groups (1 after the other).

The lines of code I have employed are as follows...

for vg in uservg1 uservg2 uservg3
do
./usr/bin/savevg -f $NOREWIND1 '-i' '-m' '-X' $vg
done

The variable $NOREWIND is declared as /dev/rmt1.1

When scanning the tape for certain files, I can only see files from one volume group. Is it possible that I am overwriting my previous saves ? If so, how can I resolve it??

Thanks
Roomer

 

[mkharris]

In your lines of code, the variable you have used is NOREWIND1, but you later refer to NOREWIND.

Is that just a typo? If not, then maybe it's the source of your problem.

 

[Roomer]

mkharris,

that was in fact a typo !!!
Can you see anything obvious wrong with the way I'm trying to save data?

 

[mkharris]

I can't really see anything obvious, but it might be worth trying to remove the space between the '-f' flag and the NOREWIND1 variable.

 

[randykane]

Does this script work? Does it write each VG to a seperate tape or one single tape? Are the VGs overwriting each other or appended after each other? I currently use IBM Sysback to backup our RS6000's which have multiple VGs. This also allows for booting to the tape, like a mksysb backup.