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BACKUP(8)		     AFS Command Reference		     BACKUP(8)

NAME
       backup - Introduction to the backup command suite

DESCRIPTION
       The commands in the backup command suite are the administrative
       interface to the AFS Backup System. There are several categories of
       commands in the suite:

       ·   Commands to copy data from AFS volumes to tape or a backup data
	   file, and to restore it to the file system: backup diskrestore,
	   backup dump, backup volrestore, and backup volsetrestore.

       ·   Commands to administer the records in the Backup Database: backup
	   adddump, backup addhost, backup addvolentry, backup addvolset,
	   backup deldump, backup deletedump, backup delhost, backup
	   delvolentry, backup delvolset, backup dumpinfo, backup listdumps,
	   backup listhosts, backup listvolsets, backup scantape, backup
	   setexp, and backup volinfo.

       ·   Commands to write and read tape labels: backup labeltape and backup
	   readlabel.

       ·   Commands to list and change the status of backup operations and the
	   machines performing them: backup jobs, backup kill, and backup
	   status.

       ·   Commands to enter and leave interactive mode: backup interactive
	   and backup quit.

       ·   Commands to check for and repair corruption in the Backup Database:
	   backup dbverify, backup restoredb, and backup savedb.

       ·   Commands to obtain help: backup apropos and backup help.

       The backup command interpreter interacts with two other processes:

       ·   The Backup Server (buserver) process. It maintains the Backup
	   Database, which stores most of the administrative information used
	   by the Backup System. In the standard configuration, the Backup
	   Server runs on each database server machine in the cell, and uses
	   AFS's distributed database technology, Ubik, to synchronize its
	   copy of the database with the copies on the other database server
	   machines.

       ·   The Backup Tape Coordinator (butc) process. A separate instance of
	   the process controls each tape device or backup data file used to
	   dump or restore data. The Tape Coordinator runs on a Tape
	   Coordinator machine, which is an AFS server or client machine that
	   has one or more tape devices attached, or has sufficient disk space
	   to accommodate one or more backup data files on its local disk.

	   Each Tape Coordinator must be registered in the Backup Database and
	   in the /usr/afs/backup/tapeconfig configuration file on the Tape
	   Coordinator machine's local disk, and information in the two places
	   must be consistent for proper Backup System performance. The
	   optional /usr/afs/backup/CFG_device_name for each Tape Coordinator
	   records information used to automate its operation.

       In addition to the standard command line interface, the backup command
       suite provides an interactive interface, which has several useful
       features described in backup_interactive(8).  Three of the commands in
       the suite are available only in interactive mode: backup jobs, backup
       kill, and backup quit

OPTIONS
       The following options are available on many commands in the backup
       suite. The reference page for each command also lists them, but they
       are described here in greater detail.

       -cell <cell name>
	   Names the cell in which to run the command. It is acceptable to
	   abbreviate the cell name to the shortest form that distinguishes it
	   from the other entries in the /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB file on the
	   local machine. If the -cell argument is omitted, the command
	   interpreter determines the name of the local cell by reading the
	   following in order:

	   ·   The value of the AFSCELL environment variable.

	   ·   The local /usr/vice/etc/ThisCell file.

	   Do not combine the -cell and -localauth options. A command on which
	   the -localauth flag is included always runs in the local cell (as
	   defined in the server machine's local /usr/afs/etc/ThisCell file),
	   whereas a command on which the -cell argument is included runs in
	   the specified foreign cell.

	   The -cell argument is not available on commands issued in
	   interactive mode. The cell defined when the backup command
	   interpreter enters interactive mode applies to all commands issued
	   during the interactive session.

       -help
	   Prints a command's online help message on the standard output
	   stream. Do not combine this flag with any of the command's other
	   options; when it is provided, the command interpreter ignores all
	   other options, and only prints the help message.

       -localauth
	   Constructs a server ticket using the server encryption key with the
	   highest key version number in the local /usr/afs/etc/KeyFile file.
	   The backup command interpreter presents the ticket, which never
	   expires, to the Backup Server, Volume Server and Volume Location
	   (VL) Server during mutual authentication.

	   Use this flag only when issuing a command on a server machine;
	   client machines do not usually have a /usr/afs/etc/KeyFile file.
	   The issuer of a command that includes this flag must be logged on
	   to the server machine as the local superuser "root". The flag is
	   useful for commands invoked by an unattended application program,
	   such as a process controlled by the UNIX cron utility or by a cron
	   entry in the machine's /usr/afs/local/BosConfig file. It is also
	   useful if an administrator is unable to authenticate to AFS but is
	   logged in as the local superuser "root".

	   Do not combine the -cell and -localauth options. A command on which
	   the -localauth flag is included always runs in the local cell (as
	   defined in the server machine's local /usr/afs/etc/ThisCell file),
	   whereas a command on which the -cell argument is included runs in
	   the specified foreign cell.

	   The -localauth argument is not available on commands issued in
	   interactive mode. The local identity and AFS tokens with which the
	   backup command interpreter enters interactive mode apply to all
	   commands issued during the interactive session.

       -portoffset <TC port offset>
	   Specifies the port offset number of the Tape Coordinator that is to
	   execute the backup command. The port offset number uniquely
	   identifies a pairing of a Tape Coordinator (butc) process and tape
	   device or backup data file.

	   The backup command interpreter and Tape Coordinator process
	   communicate via a UDP socket, or port. Before issuing a backup
	   command that involves reading or writing a tape, the backup
	   operator must start a butc process that controls the appropriate
	   tape device and listens for requests sent to its port number. If a
	   Backup System machine has multiple tape devices attached, they can
	   perform backup operations simultaneously because each device has
	   its own associated butc process and port offset number.

	   The Backup System associates a tape capacity and file mark size
	   with each port offset (as defined in the tapeconfig file). For a
	   compressing tape device, the capacity and file mark values differ
	   for compression and non-compression modes, so the two modes have
	   distinct port offset numbers.

	   The Backup Database can store up to 58,511 port offsets, so the
	   legal values for this argument are the integers 0 through 58510. If
	   the issuer omits the argument, it defaults to 0. (The limit of
	   58,511 port offsets results from the fact that UDP socket numbers
	   are identified by a 16-bit integer, and the lowest socket number
	   used by the Backup System is 7025. The largest number that a 16-bit
	   integer can represent is 65,535. Subtracting 7,025 yields 58,510.
	   The addition of port offset 0 (zero) increases the maximum to
	   58,511.)

	   Although it is possible to define up to 58,511 port offset numbers
	   for a cell, it is not possible to run 58,511 tape devices
	   simultaneously, due to the following limits:

	   ·   The maximum number of dump or restore operations that can run
	       simultaneously is 64.

	   ·   The maximum number of tape devices that can work together on a
	       restore operation is 128 (that is the maximum number of values
	       that can be provided for the -portoffset argument to the backup
	       diskrestore, backup volrestore, or backup volsetrestore
	       command).

	   The Backup System does not reserve UDP sockets. If another
	   application is already using the Tape Coordinator's socket when it
	   tries to start, the butc process fails and the following error
	   message appears at the shell prompt:

	      bind: Address already in use
	      rxi_GetUDPSocket: bind failed

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       To issue any backup command that accesses the Backup Database only, the
       issuer must be listed in the /usr/afs/etc/UserList file on every
       machine where the Backup Server is running. To issue any backup command
       that accesses volume data, the issuer must appear in the UserList file
       on every Backup Server machine, every Volume Location (VL) Server
       machine, and every file server machine that houses affected volumes. By
       convention, a common UserList file is distributed to all database
       server and file server machines in the cell. See the chapter on
       privileged users in the OpenAFS Administration Guide for more
       information on this type of privilege.

       If the -localauth flag is included, the user must instead be logged on
       as the local superuser "root" on the server machine where the backup
       command is issued.

SEE ALSO
       BosConfig(5), CellServDB(5), KeyFile(5), ThisCell(5), UserList(5),
       butc(5), tapeconfig(5), backup_adddump(8), backup_addhost(8),
       backup_addvolentry(8), backup_addvolset(8), backup_apropos(8),
       backup_dbverify(8), backup_deldump(8), backup_deletedump(8),
       backup_delhost(8), backup_delvolentry(8), backup_delvolset(8),
       backup_diskrestore(8), backup_dump(8), backup_dumpinfo(8),
       backup_help(8), backup_interactive(8), backup_jobs(8), backup_kill(8),
       backup_labeltape(8), backup_listdumps(8), backup_listhosts(8),
       backup_listvolsets(8), backup_quit(8), backup_readlabel(8),
       backup_restoredb(8), backup_savedb(8), backup_scantape(8),
       backup_setexp(8), backup_status(8), backup_volinfo(8),
       backup_volrestore(8), backup_volsetrestore(8), buserver(8), butc(8)

COPYRIGHT
       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.
       It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams
       and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

OpenAFS				  2013-10-09			     BACKUP(8)
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