Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

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Picture Perfect 4.6
User Manual
Performing a restore using the command line option cbr
The cbr command uses a configuration file, restore.cfg, located in /cas/db/text. This file
contains the flat files to be restored. You can edit this file to add or delete files to be restored.
The syntax of the contents of the restore.cfg file is:
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/security
The following table describes the cbr command options.
Table 126.Options for cbr command
Command option
Description
-o (htable) Rollover, then archive the selected history table
-b Backup specified table or group of tables
-a (htable) Archive the specified history table
-r Force rollover on history (archive only)
-rt (#) Retry rollover (#) of times (default is 100)
-d (file) Write to the specified disk file
-t Tape - write to /dev/pptape
-v Verify that data was written successfully
-np Do not prompt for tapes if specified with -c
-nb
Run from netback
-e (table) Backup specified tables
-l (file) Backup tables specified in file
To launch the cbr restore option:
1. Stop the Picture Perfect server (see Starting and stopping Picture Perfect on page 8).
Note:
In a PPRS configuration, the Picture Perfect server must be stopped on both the primary and the backup
hosts.
2. Open a terminal window.
3. Type the cbr command, including the desired options.
For example: to restore and verify the base Picture Perfect package from a disk file, type:
cbr -c -a -v -d /tmp/basebackup
Enter
The cbr command restores the files contained in the restore.cfg file. After the
database records are restored and if your backup included “flat” files, messages similar to
the following display:
This program edits the configuration file, /cas/d/text/restore.cfg
before running the backup or restore programs.