HP UX Encrypted Volume and Filesystem (EVFS) manual Backup Types with LVM or VxVM Mirrored Volumes

Table 7-1 Backup Types with LVM or VxVM Mirrored Volumes

		Backup Utility		Source EVFS
Media Format	Target Device	Type	Supported?	Volume State	Notes
Encrypted	Tape or other	Block device	Yes	Raw	One volume in the mirror will be
	non-EVFS	utility, such as			off line (unavailable to users). The
	device	dd			remaining volume in the mirror
					is still available for user access.
					See “Creating Encrypted Backup
					Media on a Non-EVFS Device
					(LVM Mirrored Volumes) ”
					(page 105) or “Creating Encrypted
					Backup Media on a Non-EVFS
					Device (VxVM Mirrored
					Volumes)” (page 112).
Encrypted	Tape or other	File utility	No	–	–
	non-EVFS
	device
Encrypted	EVFS volume	Block device	Yes	Enabled	The target EVFS volume must also
		utility, such as			be enabled. See “Creating
		dd			Encrypted Backup Media on a
					Second EVFS Volume Using a
					Block Device Utility (LVM
					Mirrored Volumes)” (page 107) or
					“Creating Encrypted Backup
					Media on a Second EVFS Volume
					Using a Block Device Utility
					(VxVM Mirrored Volumes)”
					(page 115).
Encrypted	EVFS volume	File utility	Yes	Enabled	The target EVFS volume must also
					be enabled, and both EVFS
					volumes must have file systems
					mounted. See “Creating
					Encrypted Backup Media on a
					Second EVFS Volume Using a File
					Utility (LVM Mirrored Volumes)”
					(page 109) or “Creating Encrypted
					Backup Media on a Second EVFS
					Volume Using a File Utility
					(VxVM Mirrored Volumes)”
					(page 117).
Cleartext	Tape or other	Block device	Yes	Enabled	See “Creating Cleartext Backup
	non-EVFS	utility, such as			Media (LVM Mirrored Volumes)”
	device	dd			(page 111) or “Creating Cleartext
					Backup Media (VxVM Mirrored
					Volumes)” (page 120).
Cleartext	Tape or other	File utility	Yes	Enabled	The source volume must have a
	non-EVFS				file system mounted. See
	device				“Creating Cleartext Backup Media
					(LVM Mirrored Volumes)”
					(page 111) or “Creating Cleartext
					Backup Media (VxVM Mirrored
					Volumes)” (page 120).
Cleartext	EVFS volume	Block device	No	–	–
		utility, such as
		dd
Cleartext	EVFS volume	File utility	No	–	–

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