Re[4]: [OpenAFS] .....exceeds the size limit

[Ron Croonenberg]

why didn't I think of that....thanks

>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]
>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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 Ron Croonenberg
 Technology Coordinator

 Department of ComputerScience
 DePauw University
 Julian Science & Math Center
 602 South College Ave.
 Greencastle, IN  46135

 Phone: 1 765 658 4761
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