Storix Software SBAdmin Commands Reference - Manual (Page 7)

Storix System Backup Administrator - 7 - Version 8.2 Commands Reference
-t -type type Specifies the type of backup to be performed. This option is required and
must be one of the following:
D
File/Directory backup
F Filesystem backup
L Logical Volume backup (Linux/AIX)
M Meta-disk (meta-device) backup (Linux/Solaris)
P Raw Partition backup (Linux)
S System Backup
s Raw Slice Backup (Solaris)
V Volume Group backup (Linux/AIX)
Z ZFS Pool backup (Solaris)
z ZFS Raw Volume backup (Solaris)
-T --tapelabel
tapelabel Specifies the tape label ID tapelabel should be applied to the first tape.
Applies if the backup starts at the beginning of the tape.
-x --quiet Suppress progress indicator output
dataopt … Specify one or more elements to backup. The type of element specified
must match the type of backup as specified by the –t type option.
Details:
The stbackup command is used to perform backups from the command line. These backups
run independently of the SBAdmin GUI or Web Interface. Therefore, the administrator has no
knowledge of the backup. Although the administrator is not controlling nor recording
information about the backup, the backup may later be imported into the SBAdmin Interface
using the option Rebuild (unexpire) a Backup Label. This will be necessary if you plan to use
the administrator to restore from these backups in the future.
Note: Running stbackup from the command line does not communicate with the
Administrator. If you are using the administrator, you may want to create a backup job, use
either the
stqueuejob or strunjob command instead. A job will make a record of this backup,
backup label, history information, etc.
The last argument to the command, “data”, indicates the data to include on the backup. This is
dependent on the type of backup to perform, as specified with the –t option. The following
shows the backup types and the type of data to specify as the dataopt argument:
Type Description Systems Data to Specify
S System Backup any Volume Groups / Zpool name(s)
V Volume Group Linux/AIX Volume Group name(s)
F Filesystem any Filesystem mount point(s) (i.e. “/home /data”)
L Logical volume Linux/AIX Logical volume name(s) (i.e. “lv00 lv01”)
M Meta-disk Linux/Solaris Meta-disk names (i.e. “md0 md1”)
D File/Directory any Directory names (i.e. “/home/sam ..”)
P Partition Linux Raw partition names (i.e. “sda3 sdb5”)
Z ZFS Pool Solaris ZFS Pool name (i.e. “pool1”)
z ZFS Volume Solaris ZFS Volume name (i.e. “pool1/vol1”)
s Slice Solaris Disk slice name (i.e. “c0t0d0s1”)