why didn't I think of that....thanks >You can restore the data from the dump file to any volume name you'd like. >(keeping in mind the length restrictions ;-) Remember that the volume >'homestaff.user.backup' is simply a readonly snapshot copy of >'homestaff.user' created at some instant in time. What you are doing with a >restore is creating a new RW volume with the saved data from that backup >volume. > >If the original RW volume still exists and you just want to recover some >lost or accidentally deleted data, restore the data to volume >'temp.user.restore' and mount that volume somewhere. You can now copy >things out of the restored volume into the original 'homestaff.user' volume. >After the lost data has been recovered, unmount 'temp.user.restore' and >delete it. > >HTH, >K.C. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ron Croonenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 7:42 AM >To: Kevin Coffman >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re[2]: [OpenAFS] .....exceeds the size limit > >thanks for responding so quickly. > >Ok this works...but it restores the dump to the homestaff.user volume. > >Here's what I do to make a backup : > >I create a backup volume with vos. >So if the volume is called homestaff.user, the backup volume is called >homestaff.user.backup. >Then I use vos to dump that volume in a file. > >So after the disaster hits, I want to get the dumpfile from tape, and >restore >the homestaff.user.backup volume... right ? >(that way I can mount it and restore "stuff". It is convenient to be avle to >restore the original volume directly too, but I would also want to restore >the >backup volume. Is it because the backup volume is readonly that it doesn't >want >me to restore it ? > > >thanks, > > > > >>Try using "-name homestaff.user" rather than "-name homestaff.user.backup". >>The command is making sure it will have room to add ".backup" and >>".readonly" to the name you giving it. That is where the size limit is >>being exceeded. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- > Ron Croonenberg > Technology Coordinator > > Department of ComputerScience > DePauw University > Julian Science & Math Center > 602 South College Ave. > Greencastle, IN 46135 > > Phone: 1 765 658 4761 >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >
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