copying "a" partitions
Frederick M. Avolio
avolio at decuac.DEC.COM
Tue Mar 20 07:16:10 AEST 1990
We use a shell script executed out of crontab. Uses dump. Doesn't require
operator intervention.
Fred
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0 18 * * * /usr/adm/manager/rootbkup
/usr/adm/manager/rootbkup is:
#!/bin/sh
# back up root to spare partition nightly -- avolio
#
mount /dev/ra7a /bck
if test $? -ne 0
then
echo problem mounting ra7a -- rootbkup not done| mail manager
exit 1
fi
umount /dev/ra7a
newfs /dev/rra7a ra81
if test $? -ne 0
then
echo newfs /dev/rra7a ra81 failed in rootbkup | mail manager
exit 2
fi
mount /dev/ra7a /bck
if test $? -ne 0
then
echo mount of /dev/ra7a after newfs failed in rootbkup | mail manager
exit 3
fi
cd /
dump 0uf - / | (cd /bck ; restore xf -) >/dev/console
cd /
umount /dev/ra7a
echo Auto-dump of root to bck done `date` |tee -a /usr/adm/opslog >/dev/console
exit
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