Use this page to back up the selected WPAR to create a
backup file on the managed system. The resulting backup file can be
used to recreate a WPAR using the restwpar command
or the WPAR Manager user interface. To back up to a CD-ROM, DVD, or
tape, you must log on to the managed system and use the mkwpardata command
and savewpar command with the desired options.
Fields
- WPAR to be backed up
- Displays the name of the WPAR you selected for which to create
a backup file.
- Backup directory (relative to the global system)
- Displays the state file directory, which is used as the default
location for where backup files are stored. If you do not want to
use the default location, you can enter a different directory. The
directory name must be specified relative to the global operating
system. For example, /var/adm/WPAR/WPARname/ManagedsystemName.
- Backup file name
- The backup file is given a standard name that is based on the
WPAR name and the current date and time. You cannot change this filename.
The file name uses the following format: WparName_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.bff.
- Data File Options
- Do not create new backup data file (Use existing /tmp/wpardata/WparName/image.data)
- Select this option if you have created an image.data file using
the mkwpardata command, and you want to use that
file rather than creating a new one.
- Create new data file
- Select this filed to create the data file by calling the mkwpardata command.
- Create Map Files
- Select this field to create the data file with map files by calling
the mkwpardata command with the -m flag.
- Backup options
- Stop WPAR before starting backup
- Select this option to stop the WPAR before starting the backup
operation.
- Back up files from writable NFS-mounted file systems
- Backs up files from writable NFS-mounted file systems in the mount
group for the workload partition.
Note: For NFS4-mounted file systems,
the local and remote system must belong to the same security domain
to properly establish ownership of the files on the remote server.
If this is not the case, do not use this option.
- Back up extended attributes and NFS version 4 access control list
- Select this option to back up extended attributes or NFS version
4 (NFS4) access control lists (ACLs).
- Exclude files from backup
- Select this option to exclude one or more files from the backup
image. This option might be useful if you want to avoid backing up
temporary files, or other files that you do not need in your backup.
- Exclude files in /etc/exclude.WparName from backup
- Excludes files specified in the /etc/exclude.WparName file
from being backed up. You must first create the list of files and
save it in the above directory on the managed system.
- Create one-time exclude list
- Enter a list of files to be excluded from the current backup.
Note: The files in the list are specified relative to the base directory
of the WPAR and are marked with the dot character (.). To exclude
any file or directory for which it is important to have the search
match the string at the beginning of the line, use the caret character
(^) as the first character in the search string, followed by the dot
character (.), and the file name or directory to be excluded.