I need to take a complete backup of our system to a hard disk which can be used for system recovery. What the safest way to do this. We have OS 9/04, Java Enterprise 2005Q1. This server V250 is our mail server, Directory also on the same server. Its a single server installation.
Thanks in advance
For one of backups you can run the csbackup command. (see the admin guide for further details.) This will take a current copy of your db.
If you want to take periodic backups then the csstored process can be used to create archival and hot backups. The csstored process is a new process introduced in CS patch 116577-24. The process and it's configuration can be found documented in the JES4 admin guide here:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2433/6n4nlfjnq?a=view
If you don't have the csstored process then you should apply a recent CS patch to get it. Here you can configure the csstored process to backup to a different partition/disk from the production db.
Hi,
There are many approaches to do this - each of which has its own unique problems.
For messaging server and directory server I would suggest you refer to each products respective administration guides which detailed methods of backup.
Each products 'data' can be backed up online in some fashion. imsbackup for backing up emails for mail users; db2ldif to backup the directory server database. This of course doesn't backup application configuration information etc.
To backup a 'complete system' a file-level or block level backup is always an option (makes full restoration in the case of catestrophic system loss a lot easier). Messaging server database doesn't need to be quiesced for backups as in the worst case of a database corruption, it can be deleted and be rebuilt whilst the application is running (although you would want to test/document these steps BEFORE a disaster).
The directory database will of course to attempt to recover from corruption due to not being quiesced, this is where the db2ldif copy of the data can be used to recover lost information. Once again, document/test these steps too.
So a combination of the two approaches would probably provide a safer means of backing up a system.
Hope this information helps.
Cheers,
Shane.
