Larry, Thank you for your help. I also learned a bit about reading the session logs from HP this afternoon. Between the two, I understand what is happening, and my comfort level has been restored.
Don At 07:10 AM 10/4/01 -0800, you wrote: >Don, >OmniBack does not backup mounted file systems. It backs up the directory as >a empty directory. The warning message is telling you that the file system >mounted at "/u04" is not being backed up as part of "/". >You have two choices to back up mounted files systems. One is to add the >file system to the OmniBack backup specification. In addition to "/" in the >backup specification , add "/u04". A second method is to not add any file >systems to the backup specification. OmniBack will discover all locally >mounted file systems on the server when the backup starts. If you add a new >files system, OmniBack will automatically back it up without any changes to >the backup specification. >Hope this helps. >Larry Noble >DBA >Medrad Inc > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 2:50 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >The HP UX sys admin showed me that the backup starts at the root directory >and copies everything from there on - each night and every night. That >seems like a lot of extra copying, but that's another story. > >Since the db is shut down 2 hours before the backup kicks off, we should be >getting a good db backup. However, I am finding the following messages in >the Omni logs. Can you explain what the message means? > > > Warning: /u04 is mounted to a different file system. Directory backed >up as an empty directory. > > > >Thx - Don > > > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Don > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Noble, Larry H. > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
