backup command

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backup command

The backup command lets you perform full or incremental backups on your system.

Synopsis

backup -c|p|h -nnfslocation|-ttapedevice [-aarchivetitle] [-lfilelist] [-ddays ] [-Ddirectory ] [-Ppriority] [-ostop_oracle] [-uoracle_username]

Description

The backup command does a full backup or a partial backup. The full backup, backs up all files on the system. The partial backup backs up a specific directory, a list of files, or specify number of days to look for changes.

In IR R2.0, the tapedrive backup option has been introduced.

You must stop the voice system before starting the full backup. Avaya recommends stopping the voice system before starting a partial backup. The voice system is restarted when the backup has completed (if the voice system was stopped). A full backup must be run before a partial backup can be run.

This utility can be run in the following ways:

Using a cronjob, which runs at regular intervals
Running the job on demand

The backup command has the following arguments:

Argument	Description	Comments
p\|c\|h	p-partial backup c-complete backup h-history of backups	Must have one of these options
-nnfslocation	NFS mount directory	For example: /mnt/br
`-t`tapedevice	Tape Drive	For example: /dev/rmt/0n
-aarchivetitle	A title you can assign	Optional – any string For example: Mybackup This title is used to create a file name. In the example, the file name for the full backup is similar to: MyBackup.D042903T090700.full
-ddays	All the files that have been changed since n days	Optional
-Ddirectory	Directory to back up	Optional
-lfilelist	Name of the file that contains a list of files to back up (see Creating a file list for a partial backup or restore)	Optional
-Ppriority	Priority at which to run the backup process	Optional Values can be high or low (default is high)
-ostop_oracle	Whether or not to stop Oracle before starting a backup	Optional Values can be 0 (do not stop Oracle; default) or 1 (stop Oracle)
-uoracle_user	Oracle user name	Oracle user account must have permission to stop and start the Oracle server. If stop_oracle=1 with no oracle_user specified, then backup command uses the user name set up for the default backup parameters. If no default user name is set, the backup exit.s To set up default parameters, use Web Administration or the setbkparms command.