Imported Restore w/o Tapes

Posted in 2011

Summary

Dan asked how to archive one IDS 11.50 instance and restore it into another without using backup media, including across machines. Art suggested piping ontape through rsh: `ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO | rsh remote_machine ontape -r -t STDIO`. Paul added compression for large volumes: `ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO | gzip | rsh remote_machine zcat | ontape -r -t STDIO`, noting the exact syntax is in the manual. Since Dan's real goal was seeding a ~1TB HDR/RSS secondary in another city without shipping drives, Art pointed him at the ifxclone utility. No follow-up on the outcome is recorded.

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DAN MUELLER — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:03:38 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Good Morning, IDS 11.50.FC8 O/S AIX 5.3 I think I remember Art talking one time about how to do an archive from one instance and restoring to another w/o back media. Would it be possible to get that little trick? Also, could this be used for cross machine restores? Thanx, Dan

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Art Kagel — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:07:56 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

IB that would be something very like: ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO | rsh remote_machine ontape -r -t STDIO Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:03 AM, DAN MUELLER <dan.mueller@trnswrks.com>wrote: > Good Morning, > > IDS 11.50.FC8 > O/S AIX 5.3 > > I think I remember Art talking one time about how to do an archive from one > instance and restoring to another w/o back media. Would it be possible to > get > that little trick? Also, could this be used for cross machine restores? > > Thanx, > Dan > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --00151773db9a606da504ab541d20

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DAN MUELLER — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:31:58 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Thank you sir. Dan

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Paul Watson — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:40:22 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

If you are moving a lot of data then add a gzip and zcat in there -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Art Kagel Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:08 AM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Re: Imported Restore w/o Tapes [24719] IB that would be something very like: ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO | rsh remote_machine ontape -r -t STDIO Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:03 AM, DAN MUELLER <dan.mueller@trnswrks.com>wrote: > Good Morning, > > IDS 11.50.FC8 > O/S AIX 5.3 > > I think I remember Art talking one time about how to do an archive from one > instance and restoring to another w/o back media. Would it be possible to > get > that little trick? Also, could this be used for cross machine restores? > > Thanx, > Dan > > > > **************************************************************************** *** > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --00151773db9a606da504ab541d20 **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com>; : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 110825-0, 08/25/2011 Tested on: 8/25/2011 8:40:04 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 ALWIL Software.

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DAN MUELLER — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:40 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

I am moving just under 1 Tb of data. What would that look like w/gzip & zcat? Perhaps this would be a good time to explain the motive behind the madness. I have this 1 Tb system in Indiana that I need to restore to a machine in Atlanta. I have already done this via external drives being sent down there but I am going to have to eventually set up either HDR or RSS between these 2 systems in order to be able to support a move between the sites w/o major downtime.Ie... once they are in sync, I can mmake the Atlanta system the primary. I was trying to eliminate the ship time for the media. With all that being said, does anyone have a better ider? thanx, dan

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Paul Watson — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:14:36 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Something like ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO | gzip | rsh remote_machine zcat | ontape -r -tSTDIO Of course you could look in the manual - the exact command is there Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of DAN MUELLER Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:59 AM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Re: RE: Imported Restore w/o Tapes [24723] I am moving just under 1 Tb of data. What would that look like w/gzip & zcat? Perhaps this would be a good time to explain the motive behind the madness. I have this 1 Tb system in Indiana that I need to restore to a machine in Atlanta. I have already done this via external drives being sent down there but I am going to have to eventually set up either HDR or RSS between these 2 systems in order to be able to support a move between the sites w/o major downtime.Ie... once they are in sync, I can mmake the Atlanta system the primary. I was trying to eliminate the ship time for the media. With all that being said, does anyone have a better ider? thanx, dan **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com>; : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 110825-0, 08/25/2011 Tested on: 8/25/2011 9:14:23 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 ALWIL Software.

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Art Kagel — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:45:47 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Check out ifxclone Art On Aug 25, 2011 8:58 AM, "DAN MUELLER" <dan.mueller@trnswrks.com> wrote: > I am moving just under 1 Tb of data. What would that look like w/gzip & zcat? > > Perhaps this would be a good time to explain the motive behind the madness. I > have this 1 Tb system in Indiana that I need to restore to a machine in > Atlanta. I have already done this via external drives being sent down there > but I am going to have to eventually set up either HDR or RSS between these 2 > systems in order to be able to support a move between the sites w/o major > downtime.Ie... once they are in sync, I can mmake the Atlanta system the > primary. > > I was trying to eliminate the ship time for the media. > > With all that being said, does anyone have a better ider? > > thanx, > dan > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > --90e6ba6e8af486723104ab57ffd0