I have searched long and hard, there is allot on universe/nt and unix,
and I am assuming it would be the same on Linux, but I need an example
of how to create an automated scheduled backup of universe. I am
running RH9 and UV 10.1 and I want to use the uvbackup because of file
integrity. I am planning to kick of uvbackup at night and backing up to
hard drive, then have a third part backup utility backup to a dat tape.
But the more I look at uvbackup the more I think I can just use it
alone and forget the other backup program. If I could just get some
examples of how some of you are using uvbackup I would appreciate it.

thanks
-Joe

If you have a windows server in the environment "somewhere" that is
backing up other (windows) corporate data, then it makes sense to
include the uvbackup file(s) in this as well - obviously there needs to
be some form of offline backup (though I admit that these days we
actually use removeable drives [those little USB numbers - 100Gb in the
palm of your hand, though I do n;'t see the promised 480Mb transfe rate
:-)]rather than tapes).

If just Linux, then a simple tar to offline storage would be
sufficient, and/or burn on DVD/CD if it will fit (gzip/gunzip is your
friend), and maybe store onto NAS or other PC's.

Plenty of options - you just have to decide what is appropriate to your
needs




tinasguy (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

Hi,

I use uvbackup ecapsulate into a basic program started from cron.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# crontab -l
00 19 * * * /root/uv_backup
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# more /root/uv_backup
#!/bin/bash
# the universe home directory
set UVH=`cat /.uvhome`
# the path to store uvb files, a rotate directories pool based on day of
week number
set UVB=/mybackuppath/`date +%u`
# goto universe home
cd $UVH
# start uv with prog id and path
$UVH/bin/uv "UV.MULTI.BACKUP PATH $UVB "
----------------------------------------------------------------------------UV.MULTI.BACKUPselect uv.account,for each account, find accountpath > $UVB/account.cmfil uvbackup -f -s $UVB/account.log -cmdfil account.cmdfil -limit 1 | gzip >account.uvb.gz check into account.log if there is error found and if yes, report it.nextfind before to have a file list-f for full backup-s to have recorded backup action-limit 1 to run only one uvbackup sub-process (very quick)-cmdfile for files sourcespipe to gzip (or bzip2 if you have very large account.)-------------------------------------------------------------you can start uvbackup from script too.It works for unix and NT.Hi hope this help.Manu<tinasguy (AT) gmail (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de news:1151694677.562956.152260 (AT) b68g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com...>I have searched long and hard, there is allot on universe/nt and unix,> and I am assuming it would be the same on Linux, but I need an example> of how to create an automated scheduled backup of universe. I am> running RH9 and UV 10.1 and I want to use the uvbackup because of file> integrity. I am planning to kick of uvbackup at night and backing up to> hard drive, then have a third part backup utility backup to a dat tape.> But the more I look at uvbackup the more I think I can just use it> alone and forget the other backup program. If I could just get some> examples of how some of you are using uvbackup I would appreciate it.>> thanks> -Joe>