Managing the AMASS File System

Manual Backup

Manually back up the Database and Journal under the following conditions prior to:

•updating your operating system

•updating AMASS

•making any major change to your system

•replacing the hard disk on the UNIX server

How to Use Backup Command

To perform a backup with the AMASS command, use the procedure in the following table.

Note

For detailed information on the commands used in these steps, see the "Command Reference" chapter.

Step

Command

Description

 

 

 

1

Log in as amass or root.

 

 

 

2

Make sure the Backup Volume is formatted and is the last

 

home storage slot in the first library. Moreover, the Backup

 

Volume must be volume number 1 and have an INACTIVE

 

status.

 

 

 

 

3

/usr/amass/utils/sysd

To make sure there has been

 

bchk

no database corruption.

 

 

 

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