Backing Up and Restoring Data on HP-UX EVFS Volumes Using HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 6.0

$ ll /dp_backup

The following output is displayed:

total 800

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204800 Dec 15 11:34 0f6a4871545823b0e566155000f.fd

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204800 Dec 15 11:48 0f6a4871545823e3f5661550012.fd

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Dec 15 10:30 lost+found

The data is backed up in the file device with an .fd extension. You can also use the strings

utility to search and validate a specific key string in the file, and verify if the backup is

successful.

Test Scenario 2B - Restoring the File Level Incremental Backup Data to the HP-UX

EVFS Volume

This scenario illustrates the steps performed when successfully restoring a file level backup of an HP-

UX EVFS volume by using HP OpenView Storage Data Protector.

Table12 lists the sample source and target for Test Scenario 2B.

Table 12 Sample Source and Target for Test Scenario 2B

Source/Target Description

Sample Source

Encrypted volume,

/dev/evfs/vg01/ldp_backup, mounted on

/dp_backup on the client system,

evfs2.hp.com.The backup data is stored in a file

library device created under /dp_backup

Sample Target

Encrypted volume,

/dev/evfs/vg01/ldp_backup, mounted on

/dp_backup on the client system,

evfs2.hp.com.

(In this example, the sample target and source

are the same. You can also select a different

system to take the backup of the data)

To restore the file level incremental backup data to the HP-UX EVFS volume, complete the following

steps:

Step 1 Verify that EVFS is enabled on the source and target HP-UX EVFS volumes by entering the

following command:

$ evfsvol display -a

The following output is displayed:

EVFS Volume Name: /dev/evfs/vg01/ldp_test

Mapped Volume Name: /dev/vg01/ldp_test

EVFS Volume State: enabled

EMD Size (Kbytes): 520

Max User Envelopes: 1024