On 30 Dec 1999, William Setzer wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> :
> : Saving the UBIK databases requires an administrator to shut down the
> : database servers on a single database machine (preferably one that
> : is not the sync site), copy the raw database files on that machine
> : "/usr/afs/db/*.DB0", start the database servers, and then store/save
> : (tar) the copied databases along with the "/usr/afs/etc/" directory
> : to tape.
>
> I've always wondered why this isn't easier. Has anyone tried to
> yank out the ubik urecovery stuff into its own little binary that
> lets a non-db suck down archive copies?
Not yet. It shouldn't be real hard though -- just make one RPC...
-- Jeffrey T. Hutzelman (N3NHS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sr. Research Systems Programmer
School of Computer Science - Research Computing Facility
Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
