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SAVE(8)								       SAVE(8)

NAME
       save - save files to long term storage with NetWorker

       savepnpc	 - save files to long term storage with NetWorker and performs
       pre and post processing commands on a NetWorker client.

SYNOPSIS
       save   [ -BEiKLnquSVvx ] [ -s server ] [ -c client-name ] [ -N name ] [
	      -e expiration ] [ -f dirfile ] [ -o save_operations ] [ -b pool
	      ] [ -F file ] [ -I input_file ] [ -g group ] [ -l level ] [ -t
	      date ] [ -m masquerade ] [ -w browse_time ] [ -y retention_time
	      ] [ -W width ] [ path ...	 ]

       savepnpc
	      -s server -g group [ -BEiKLnquSVvx ] [ -c client-name ] [ -N
	      name ] [ -e expiration ] [ -f dirfile ] [ -b pool ] [ -F file ]
	      [ -I input_file ] [ -l level ] [ -t date ] [ -m masquerade ] [
	      -w browse_time ] [ -y retention_time ] [ -W width ] [ path ...
	      ]

DESCRIPTION
       save saves files, including directories or entire filesystems, to the
       NetWorker server (see nsr(8)).  The progress of a save can be monitored
       using the Java based NetWorker Management Console program or the
       curses(3X) based nsrwatch(8) program for other terminal types.

       The user of this command may retain root privileges if the command's
       modes are properly set as described in nsr(8).

       If no path arguments are specified on the command line or via the -I
       option, the current directory will be saved.  save will save a direc‐
       tory by saving all the files and subdirectories it contains, but it
       will not cross mount points, or follow symbolic links.  If the paths to
       be saved are mounted from a network file server, save instructs the
       user to run the save on the remote machine or use the -L option.

       If the path argument is specified on the command line and one of the
       directories in the path is a symbolic link, the target path of the sym‐
       bolic link will be saved, rather than the symbolic link path itself.
       Therefore, the target path of the symbolic link must be specified when
       using the recover (8) command or the nwrecover (8) program to recover
       the files.

       The directive files (see nsr(5)) encountered in each directory are read
       by default, and they contain special instructions directing how partic‐
       ular files are to be saved (i.e. compressed, skipped, etc.).  These
       files are named '.nsr' on UNIX or 'nsr.dir' on Windows.

       Each file in the subdirectory structures specified by the path argu‐
       ments is encapsulated in a NetWorker save stream.  This stream of data
       is sent to a receiving process (see nsrd(8)) on the NetWorker server,
       which processes the data, adding entries to the on-line index (see
       nsrindexd(8)) for each file in the stream, with the data finally ending
       up on a long term storage media (see nsrmmd(8)).	 By default, these on-
       line index entries are stored in the "backup" index namespace.

       Details about handling media are discussed in nsrmm(8) and
       nsr_device(5).

       savepnpc consists of the same command options as save but requires the
       -g group to run.	 Apart from running the actual save, it also performs
       the pre and post processing commands, if any.  Prior to the actual save
       of the first saveset on a NetWorker client, savepnpc performs pre-pro‐
       cessing commands if any exists in the /nsr/res/<grpname>.res file, and
       at the end of the save of the last save set on the client, the post-
       processing commands (if any) will be invoked. It is possible to setup
       multiple	 clients  in  a savegroup  such	 that  each client can run
       different pre and post commands.	 The <grpname>.res file resides on the
       client machine  and  is	unique	to that host.  In the condition of
       failure to run the pre-processing commands, savepnpc aborts itself. All
       results are logged in /nsr/logs/savepnpc.log file on the client.	 A
       timeout condition can be set by the user to indicate at which point in
       time the post-processing commands need to be run without waiting for
       all the save sets to be backed up. This timeout attribute resides in
       the /nsr/res/<grpname>.res file.	 The timeout should be specified in
       double quotes, in such a format that nsr_getdate() can understand (see
       nsr_getdate(3)).	 Also, abort precmd with group attribute exists in the
       /nsr/res/<grpname>.res file. This can be set to Yes or No. If set to
       Yes, the precmd will terminate if the particular savegrp is aborted. If
       it is set to No, the precmd will run to completion even after the
       abnormal exit of the savegrp session.

       An example of /nsr/res/<grpname>.res can be described as:
	    type: savepnpc;
	    precmd: /bin/true;
	    pstcmd: /bin/true, "/bin/sleep 5";
	    timeout: "12:00pm";
	    abort precmd with group: No;

       The precmd field can be manually modified to contain any number of com‐
       mands that are needed to be run at the beginning of the save of the 1st
       save set.  The pstcmd is to hold any commands that are needed to be run
       at the end of the save of the last save set.  The post-processing com‐
       mands are run after the save of the last save set or the timeout condi‐
       tion, whichever comes first. Note that on Windows Networker Clients,
       the shell should be set to "cmd.exe"and the Shell flag should be set to
       "/c", for running the precmd and postcmd. This will force the OS to
       close all the opened File Descriptors and other resources in a timely
       manner, after the execution of the commands. Also, for both the precmd
       and the pstcmd, on all Networker Clients, its best to redirect the out‐
       put(stdout and stderr) to another file, to avoid unclosed File Descrip‐
       tors, after the commands have completed executing.

       An example of precmd and pstcmd for Windows Clients is shown below:
       precmd: cmd.exe /c start_pre_cmd > pre_result.txt 2>&1
       pstcmd: cmd.exe /c start_post_cmd > post_result.txt 2>&1

OPTIONS
       -b pool
	      Specifies a particular destination pool for the save.

       -c client-name
	      Specifies the client name for starting the save session.	This
	      is useful on clients with multiple network interfaces, and mul‐
	      tiple host names.	 It can be used to create multiple index data‐
	      bases for the same physical client with multiple network inter‐
	      faces.

	      This does not specify the network interface to use.  This is
	      specified in the server network interface attribute of the
	      client resource (see nsr_client(5)).  This option can also be
	      used on a cluster when performing manual saves, or in specifying
	      a non-default backup command for scheduled saves.	 This option
	      directs NetWorker to override the cluster path-ownership rules,
	      saving the path argument(s) as belonging to client-name and mak‐
	      ing index entries in the index for client-name instead of using
	      the name of the physical host or virtual host which owns the
	      path, according to the cluster management software.  Refer to
	      pathownerignore(5) for more information about path-ownership
	      rules.

       -e expiration
	      Set the date (in nsr_getdate(3) format) when the saved data will
	      expire.  When a save set has an explicit expiration date, the
	      save set remains both browsable and non-recyclable until it
	      expires Thus, the explicitly provided expiration overrides the
	      existing browse and retention times specified in the client pol‐
	      icy and the browse and retention times get changed to the expiry
	      time.  The "-e exp_time" option cannot be used in conjunction
	      with "-w browse_time" or "-y reten_time".	 By default, no
	      explicit expiration date is used and the client's longest browse
	      and longest retention policy are used.

       -f dirfile
	      The file from which to read prototype default directives (see
	      nsr(5)).	A dirfile of - causes the default directives to be
	      read from standard input.

       -o save_operations
	      Save Operations of the form KEYWORD:TOKEN=STATE.	It is used to
	      configure VSS saves on Windows 2003.  Examples:

	      "vss:*=off"			   Turn off VSS.

	      "vss:Microsoft Exchange Writer=off"  Disable a writer.

	      "vss:C:=off"			   Disable VSS for a drive.

	      Please see the Admin Guide for more details.

       -g group
	      This option is used by savegrp(8) and savefs(8) to denote the
	      group of the save (see nsr_client(5) and nsr_group(5)) and is
	      used by the NetWorker server to select the specific media pool.

       -i     Ignores any .nsr (UNIX) or nsr.dir (Windows) directive files as
	      they are encountered in the subdirectory structures being saved.

       -l level
	      The level of the save.  This option is used by savegrp(8) and
	      savefs(8) to specify a particular level for a scheduled save.
	      This option is ignored by manual save command.

       -m masquerade
	      Specifies the tag to precede the summary line.  This option is
	      used by savegrp(8) and savefs(8) to aid in savegrp summary noti‐
	      fications.  savepnpc(8) also uses this tag to identify client
	      operations on the savegrp's work list that should complete
	      before pstclntsave(8) will trigger its post-processing.

       -n     No save.	Estimate the amount of data which will be generated by
	      the save, but do not perform the actual save.

       -q     Quiet.  Displays only summary information and error messages.

       -s server
	      Specifies which machine to use as the NetWorker server.

       -t date
	      The date (in nsr_getdate(3) format) by which files must have
	      been modified for them to be saved.  This option is used by
	      savegrp(8) and savefs(8) to perform scheduled saves by consult‐
	      ing with the media database to determine the appropriate time
	      value based on the previous saves for the save set and the level
	      of the scheduled save.

       -u     Stop the save if an error occurs.	  The save program normally
	      treats errors as warnings and continues to save the rest of the
	      files in the backup.  When this option is set, errors will cause
	      save to exit and abort the save.	This option is not recommended
	      for general use, although it can be useful when a group of files
	      needs to be backed up as a set.

       -v     Verbose.	Causes the save program to provide great detail about
	      the save as it proceeds.

       -y retention
	      Sets the date (in nsr_getdate(3) format) when the saved data
	      will become recyclable.  The special value forever is used to
	      indicate that a volume that never expires (i.e. an archive vol‐
	      ume) must be used.  By default, the server determines this date
	      for the save set based on the retention policies in effect.
	      This option allows overriding the existing policies on a save by
	      save basis.

       -w browse_time
	      Sets the date (in nsr_getdate(3) format) after which this save
	      set will no longer be browsable.	By default, the server deter‐
	      mines the browse date for the save set based on the browse poli‐
	      cies in effect.  This option allows overriding the existing
	      policies on a save by save basis.

       -x     Cross mount points.  This option is only applicable to the man‐
	      ual save command.	 When the -x option is specified with a (save
	      set) path, the mount point under this path is crossed and files
	      in the mounted file system are backed up.	 When the -x option is
	      not specified, only the local files and directories of the path
	      are backed up.

	      This option has no effect and is ignored when a mount point (or
	      file/subdirectory path under it) is specified as the (local)
	      path to be backed up for the manual save command, which gener‐
	      ally requires the -L option.

	      For example, if /tmp_mnt/pumbaa is a mount point for pum‐
	      baa:/space, the following three commands behave differently with
	      the specification of -x option:

	      save -x /tmp_mnt		       follows mount points,
					       backs up the local files
					       and directories of /tmp_mnt
					       along with files and directories
					       of /tmp_mnt/pumbaa

	      save /tmp_mnt		       does not cross mount
					       points, only local files
					       and directories of /tmp_mnt
					       are backed up

	      save [-x] /tmp_mnt/pumbaa[/...]  when mount point is specified
					       as the (save set) path, "-x"
					       option is ignored and an error
					       message is displayed to indicate
					       "-L" option is required on most
					       platforms

	      For Windows, mount point refers to an alternative path for a
	      mounted volume on the same machine.  For example,
	      H:\tmp_mnt\d_drive may be defined as a mount point to the local
	      volume (or drive) D:.

       -B     Force save of all connecting directory information from root
	      (``/'') down to the point of invocation.

       -E     Estimate the amount of data which will be generated by the save,
	      then perform the actual save.  Note that the estimate is gener‐
	      ated from the inode information; thus, the data is only read
	      once.

       -F file
	      Only save files whose change time is newer than the file modifi‐
	      cation date of file.

       -I input_file
	      In addition to taking the paths to save from the command line,
	      read paths to save from the named file.  The paths must be
	      listed one per line.  If no paths are specified on the command
	      line, then only those paths specified in the file will be saved.

       -K     Does not build connecting directory index entries.

       -L     Local.  Saves will be performed from the local NetWorker client,
	      even when files are from a network file server.  To recover
	      these files, run recover(8) with the -c client arguments, where
	      client is the name of the NetWorker client that did the save.

       -LL    In addition to treating the backup as a local backup, causes an
	      extra line to be printed at the end of the completion output of
	      the form ``complete savetime=number'', where number is the save‐
	      time of the save set created by this backup.  This option is
	      meant to be used by the savegrp(8) command in performing auto‐
	      matic cloning.

       -N name
	      The symbolic name of this save set.  By default, the most common
	      prefix of the path arguments is used as the save set name. If
	      the -N option is used when saving any of the SYSTEM save sets
	      (SYSTEM STATE, SYSTEM FILES, and SYSTEM DB), the path must also
	      be specified and must match the name value assigned with the -N
	      option.

       -S     Allows only save set recovery.  This performs the save without
	      creating any index entries.  This means that the save set will
	      not be browsable, although save set recovery may be used to
	      recover the data.

       -V     Prevent the OFC mechanism from creating a point-in-time copy of
	      the source volume.  (Included for compatibility with NT Net‐
	      Worker servers.)

       -W width
	      The width used when formatting the summary information output.
	      Valid values for width are integer values from 1 to 10000. If
	      the supplied width is too small for the summary to fit in, the
	      width will be silently adjusted upwards as necessary. If the
	      supplied width is larger than the minimum needed, then spaces
	      will be used to pad the summary to the correct width.  Note that
	      if no -W argument is supplied then there is no fixed width used,
	      and the summary simply expands to whatever minimum width is nec‐
	      essary.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), nsr_getdate(3), nsr(5), nsr(8), nsr_client(5),
       nsr_device(5), nsr_group(5), nsr_service(5), nsrd(8), nsrim(8),
       nsrindexd(8), nsrmm(8), nsrmmd(8), nsrwatch(8), recover(8), savefs(8),
       savegrp(8), pathownerignore(5).

DIAGNOSTICS
   Exit Codes
       0      Normal exit.  This means that a save set was correctly created
	      on the server.  Messages about individual file backup failures
	      are warnings, and do not cause abnormal exit.
       <>0    Abnormal exit.  A save set was not correctly created on the
	      server.

   Messages
       host: saveset   level=level,  size   time  count files.
	      This message (with the appropriate client host name, saveset
	      name, level, total save set size, elapsed time, and file count)
	      is printed whenever save is run by savegrp(8) and exits nor‐
	      mally.

       host: filename: warning
	      Messages of this form are warnings about difficulties backing up
	      individual files.	 Such messages do not normally cause the save
	      to fail, and therefore may appear in the save output found in
	      the Successful section of the ``Savegroup Completion'' message.

NetWorker 7.3.2			  Aug 23, 06			       SAVE(8)
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