HP B6960-90078 manual Backup Specification Configuration Procedure, Restore

		Backup
		Backing Up in a Direct Backup Environment
	• You need to have appropriate user rights for performing a backup.
		Refer to Chapter 3, “Configuring Users and User Groups,” on page 81.
Limitations	•	The systems in the direct backup environment must be HP-UX 11.0.
	•	The min and max options for the load balancing option are ignored
		for direct backup. All devices selected in the backup specification are
		load balanced, if load balancing is used. Consequently, it is not
		possible to set the order in which the selected devices are used using
		the Order devices functionality.
	• The pre-exec and post-exec options for backup objects are not possible
		for raw logical volumes direct backup. They are possible for Oracle8i
		direct backup.
	• The backup device must be either attached to an external FC bridge
		with the XCopy engine, or must have the FC bridge with the XCopy
		engine embedded internally.
	• Backup and restore of striped logical volumes are not supported.
	•	The CRC check option is ignored with direct backup.
	• The disk agent Concurrency option is ignored with direct backup.
	•	The Block size option is FC bridge dependent.
	•	The Segment size and Disk agent buffers options are ignored
		with direct backup.
Restore	The data backed up in a direct backup environment can be:
	• Restored from a backup medium over the LAN directly to the
		application system following the Data Protector rawdisk or Oracle8

restore procedure. Refer to “Restoring Disk Images” on page 273 (rawdisk restore) or HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration Guide (Oracle8 restore).

• Restored using the Data Protector instant recovery functionality. Refer to the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Integration Guide or to the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector EVA/VA/MSA Integration Guide.

Backup Specification Configuration Procedure

A direct backup backup specification can be configured for the following objects:

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