openafs/doc/man-pages/pod5/bdb.DB0.pod
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This is the initial conversion of the AFS Adminstrators Reference into POD
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regen.sh so that only those working from CVS have to have pod2man
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This reconversion is done with a new script based on work by Chas Williams.
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=head1 NAME
bdb.DB0 and bdb.DBSYS1 - Contain the Backup Database and associated log
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The bdb.DB0 file contains the Backup Database, which
records configuration information used by the AFS Backup System along with
cross-indexed records of the tapes created and volumes dumped using the Backup
System commands.
The bdb.DBSYS1 file is a log file in which the Backup
Server (B<buserver> process) logs each database operation before
performing it. When an operation is interrupted, the Backup Server
replays the log to complete the operation.
Both files are in binary format and reside in the /usr/afs/db
directory on each database server machine that runs the Backup Server.
When the Backup Server starts or restarts on a given machine, it establishes a
connection with its peers and verifies that its copy of the
B<bdb.DB0> file matches the copy on the other database server
machines. If not, the Backup Servers use AFS's distributed
database technology, Ubik, to distribute to all of the machines the copy of
the database with the highest version number.
Use the commands in the backup suite to administer the Backup
Database. It is advisable to create a backup copy of the
B<bdb.DB0> file on tape on a regular basis, using the UNIX
B<tar> command or another local disk backup utility.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<backup(1)>,
L<backup_savedb(1)>,
L<buserver(1)>
=head1 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.