Originally posted by: manu12

Hi,

I want to know wheather mksysb backup covers installable application.

For Example if I have installed AIX Operating System and on OS I have installed Oracle Database and I have taken mksysb backup.

After Deploying that mksysb backup on another system it wheather it will cover Oracle Database? if not which options is available which will cover AIX OS and Oracle both.

Regards,
Manoj
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Originally posted by: orphy

If you install you app in rootvg, yes, but under most circumstances, you shouldn't install non-OS apps in rootvg. Mksysb, baring anything in /etc/rootvg.exclude, will save everything in rootvg. Man mksysb for more info. You probably should also man savevg while you are there.
Orphy
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Originally posted by: CRM

Also, as this is a database, make sure you either stop the datbase and perform a cold backup or use the Oracle rman application to perform a hot backup. If you just backup the filesystem using mksysb/savevg and you have not taken steps to ensure data consistency then the backup will be junk.

regards

Chris
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Originally posted by: manu12

Thanks crm for your valuable suggestion.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Many places put the Oracle binaries and the oracle home directory in rootvg and have that restored as part of there standard recovery. The only thing to then do is layout the disk and have the DBA's recover the DB from the Rman backups. IE... you do not backup the DB as it does not sit in rootvg and let Rman do that.
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