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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive ...

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<strong>Backup</strong> ImageThe backup image comm<strong>and</strong> creates an image backup of one or more volumes onyour system.Notes:1. For the <strong>Linux</strong> clients, image backup is only supported on partitions with id0x83 or logical volumes created with the <strong>Linux</strong> Logical Volume <strong>Manager</strong>.Backing up other partitions, such as extended partitions that contain mountedfile systems or database data, can produce inconsistent backup data if the datachanges during the image backup operation.2. The usage of GPFS snapshot, <strong>and</strong> image backup is not supported <strong>for</strong> GPFS filesystems on <strong>Linux</strong> x86/x86_64, <strong>Linux</strong> on POWER <strong>and</strong> <strong>Linux</strong> zSeries.3. Image backup of the Sun QFS <strong>and</strong> <strong>IBM</strong> Total<strong>Storage</strong> SAN File Systems is notsupported.4. The <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> API must be installed to use the backup imagecomm<strong>and</strong>.The <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> client must support the raw device type on the specificplat<strong>for</strong>m to per<strong>for</strong>m an image backup of a raw device. You can only per<strong>for</strong>m animage backup on local devices. Clustered devices or file systems as well as devicesor file systems shared between two or more systems are not supported. If youwant to per<strong>for</strong>m an image backup <strong>for</strong> a file system mounted on a raw device, theraw device must be supported. See “Volume device type support <strong>for</strong> an imagebackup” on page 103 <strong>for</strong> specific in<strong>for</strong>mation about supported devices <strong>for</strong> thebackup image comm<strong>and</strong>.Use the include.image option to include a file system or logical volume <strong>for</strong> imagebackup, or to specify volume-specific options <strong>for</strong> image backup.The backup image comm<strong>and</strong> uses the compression option value specified in thedsm.sys. You can also specify the compression option with the backup imagecomm<strong>and</strong>.Static, dynamic, <strong>and</strong> snapshot image backupThe traditional image backup prevents write access to the volume by other systemapplications during the operation. Use the imagetype=dynamic option to back upthe volume as is without remounting it read-only. Corruption of the backup canoccur if applications write to the volume while the backup is in progress. In thiscase, run fsck after a restore.For <strong>Linux</strong> x86/x86_64 clients only: <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> per<strong>for</strong>ms a snapshotimage backup of file systems residing on a logical volume created by the <strong>Linux</strong>Logical Volume <strong>Manager</strong> during which the volume is available to other systemapplications. Snapshot image backup requires a Version 5.1 <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong>server.You can use the imagetype option with the backup image comm<strong>and</strong> or theinclude.image option to specify whether to per<strong>for</strong>m a static, dynamic, or snapshotimage backup. See “Imagetype” on page 265 <strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>mation.1. A snapshot of the logical volume is taken.2. Old data blocks containing changes made to the volume during the backup aresaved into the cache files.3. The cache files are backed up to the server <strong>and</strong> the changes are applied to thevolume image when you restore the volume.406 <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>UNIX</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Linux</strong>: <strong>Backup</strong>-<strong>Archive</strong> Clients Installation <strong>and</strong> User’s Guide

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