Re[2]: [OpenAFS] .....exceeds the size limit

[Kevin Coffman]

You can restore the data from the dump file to any volume name you'd =
like.
(keeping in mind the length restrictions ;-)  Remember that the volume
'homestaff.user.backup' is simply a readonly snapshot copy of
'homestaff.user' created at some instant in time.  What you are doing =
with a
restore is creating a new RW volume with the saved data from that backup
volume.

If the original RW volume still exists and you just want to recover some
lost or accidentally deleted data, restore the data to volume
'temp.user.restore' and mount that volume somewhere.  You can now copy
things out of the restored volume into the original 'homestaff.user' =
volume.
After the lost data has been recovered, unmount 'temp.user.restore' and
delete it.

HTH,
K.C.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Croonenberg [mailto:ronc@DEPAUW.EDU]=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 7:42 AM
To: Kevin Coffman
Cc: OpenAFS-info@openafs.org
Subject: Re[2]: [OpenAFS] .....exceeds the size limit

thanks for responding so quickly.

Ok this works...but it restores the dump to the homestaff.user volume.

Here's what I do to make a backup :

I create a backup volume with vos.
So if the volume is called homestaff.user, the backup volume is called
homestaff.user.backup.
Then I use vos to dump that volume in a file.

So after the disaster hits, I want to get the dumpfile from tape, and
restore
the homestaff.user.backup volume...  right ?
(that way I can mount it and restore "stuff". It is convenient to be =
avle to
restore the original volume directly too, but I would also want to =
restore
the
backup volume. Is it because the backup volume is readonly that it =
doesn't
want
me to restore it ?


thanks,




>Try using "-name homestaff.user" rather than "-name =
homestaff.user.backup".
>The command is making sure it will have room to add ".backup" and
>".readonly" to the name you giving it.  That is where the size limit is
>being exceeded.

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