These procedures assume the following conditions exist:
This document applies to AIX Versions 3.2.5 and later running AIX System Backup and Recovery/6000 Versions 3.x and later.
To perform a remote backup, use SMIT to set up the Sysback remote services on our server machine.
Enter smitty sysback
and select the following menus options:
Configuration Options Remote Services Server Options Configure Remote Services
Next you must allow access to the server. You can choose to allow access by host name, or you can allow all hosts. Also, you can allow either root or all users. Next, a menu will come up with the current settings and more options. You can allow specific devices, or "all" devices. Finally, if you want to allow backups to disk, you can specify the directories for this.
Enter smitty sysback
and select the following menu options:
Configuration Options Remote Services Server Options Add a Remote ClientComplete the Add a Remote Client fields as follows:
root
or all
all
/dev/rmt1 /dev/rmt2 ... /dev/rmtX
For a client to be able to perform network backup and recovery, it must have its remote services enabled.
Enter smitty sysback
and select the following options:
Configuration Options Remote Services Client Options Configure Remote Services
Now that remote services are enabled you need to tell the client which servers are OK to use:
Enter smitty sysback
and select the following options:
Configuration Options Remote Services Client Options Add a Remote backup server
no
for tape backups
Sometimes the configuration does not result in complete communication. You should verify that communication exists between the client and server. If this fails, there could be a DNS or /etc/hosts discrepancy including multiple lines for the same host or IP, or non-matching reverse DNS. Sysback is very particular about this; upper and lower case will make a difference. Also, some earlier versions of Sysback were not too happy going through a firewall. To verify communication, do the following:
smitty sysback
and select the following menu options:
Configuration Options Remote Services Client Options List Remote Backup Servers
/usr/lpp/sysback/rmsysback
To use a remote device:
Make sure you have a tape in your drive and that the tape drive has been cleaned fairly recently.
sysback
command
and add-h sbserverhost
to access the remote device specified
with the -f
flag.
[ Doc Ref: 92783820412428 Publish Date: Jul. 19, 2000 4FAX Ref: 4307 ]