Whosoever has worked in Unix environment must be aware of dd command. The specialty of dd command lies in fact that it can copy a file, convert character mapping of files and do various other operations. In this article I am going to introduce various uses of dd command in the form of FAQs…
Category: Backups
Solving Incorrect Block Size Problem In Backup Tapes
Its common phenomena to take Unix tape backups on one system and restore on another. Moving tapes to another site for safety sake is also called offsite backup. The problem often occurs while restoring tape data on another server. The tape backup access is very much dependent upon the block size used on the Unix server. For example on one unix server the block size can be 2048 Bytes and on another it may be 1024 Bytes….
Restoring Files From Aix mksysb Backup
You may be aware that the mksysb command creates the bootable image of all the mounted files systems on rootvg, at the time of creation of mksysb image. Here I am going to discuss how to restore data from mksysb backup image. I’ll discuss how to restore single file, multiple files and directories from mksysb backup image….
How To Use mksysb Command
Some Interesting Facts About mksysb
All You Wanted To Know About AIX Tape Device Backups-II
Welcome to the second article of the series about rmt devices in AIX. In first article I discussed about the common but confusing terminology used for tape devices. I hope you found the article All You Wanted To Know About AIX Tape Device Backups-I, interesting and useful. In this second article I am gonna explain the other naming conventions for rmt tape devices…
All You Wanted To Know About AIX Tape Device Backups-I
The tape devices in AIX are designated as rmt devices. The rmt are specifically used for backups. During the study of AIX tape backups, lots of confusion arises in the terminology. Before discussing in detail about rmt tape types I would like to discuss these six confusing terms used in context to tape backups and restores…