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Backup Management Overview

Backup Overview​

Backup refers to the management of backup images for data or system volume groups on a logical partition (LPAR). It uses the mksysb or savevg commands to create backup images of a volume group either in a file or onto a device. The module also uses restvg or alt_disk_mksysb to restore a backup image to disk(s).

Backup Management​

The backup module manages backup images of data or system volume groups on a logical partition (LPAR). It uses the mksysb or savevg commands to create backup images of a volume group either in a file or onto a device. The module also uses restvg or alt_disk_mksysb to restore a backup image to disk(s).

System Volume Groups​

mksysb and alt_disk_mksysb operate on system volume groups, creating and restoring installable backup images.

Data Volume Groups​

savevg and restvg operate on data volume groups, managing the backup and restoration of these groups.

Example: Creating a Backup​

This example demonstrates how to create a backup of the root volume group (rootvg) using the mksysb command.

The following code snippet shows how to use the backup module to create a backup of the root volume group (rootvg) with the mksysb command. The backup is stored at /tmp/backup_rootvg.

- name: backup the rootvg with mksysb
  backup:
    action: create
    type: mksysb
    location: /tmp/backup_rootvg
    exclude_files: false
    extend_fs: true

 

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