NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       savemeta - Takes a snapshot of an AdvFS domain's metadata

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /sbin/advfs/savemeta [-LSTtr] [-f fileset] domain savedir

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Saves the structure information from the frag file in each
       named fileset to the savedir. If this option is not specified,
  the default is to write no frag file information to
       the savedir.  Do not save the domain's  log  file  to  the
       savedir.   If this option is not specified, the default is
       to write the log file to the savedir.  Allows savemeta  to
       run  on  mounted but corrupt domains by acquiring metadata
       information from the raw device.  Do not  save  each  volume's
 storage bitmap (SBM) to the savedir.  If this option
       is not specified, the default is to  write  each  volume's
       SBM  to  the  savedir.   Do not save the domain's root tag
       file to the savedir.  If this option is not specified, the
       default  is to write the root tag file to the savedir.  Do
       not save the fileset tag files to  the  savedir.  If  this
       option is not specified, the default is to write the fileset
 tag files to the savedir.

OPERANDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The name of the AdvFS domain from which you want to obtain
       the  metadata.   The  name  of  a directory into which the
       saved metadata is to be written.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       This script saves a snapshot of the specified domain metadata
  into  a  directory,  savedir, that has the following
       structure:

             savedir/volume_directory/RBMT_file
                                    /BMT_file
                                    /SBM_file
                  /log_file
                  /tag_file
                  /fileset_directory/frag_file
                                    /tag_file

       By default, the savemeta command  saves  all  the  bitfile
       metadata  (BMT),  all the SBM, the log and root tag files,
       and the fileset tag files. If you specify the  -f  option,
       the command saves the frag file information for each fileset.


                                Caution

       When the -r option is supplied and a fileset  is  mounted,
       the  raw disk being read may not have all the data that is
       in the kernel's buffers. When this happens the data  saved
       by savemeta may be inconsistent.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       You must be the root user to use this command.

EXIT STATUS    [Toc]    [Back]

       This command returns a 0 (zero) on success.  Otherwise, it
       returns a 1 and displays an error diagnostic.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The command path.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: nvbmtpg(8), nvfragpg(8), nvlogpg(8), nvtagpg(8),
       vsbmpg(8)



                                                      savemeta(8)