Backing up an sql server database, Resynchronizing copy groups, Backing up an sql server – HP Serveur lame HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 User Manual

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Procedures for restoration and recovery are as follows after failure occurs at point D.

1.

Restore the data in the SQL Server database backed up at point A.

The database is recovered to point A. For details about how to restore the SQL Server database
backed up at point A, see

Restoring SQL Server databases

” on page 315. Also, for the order to

apply the transaction logs, see “

Precautions regarding application of transaction logs

” on page 285.

2.

Perform recovery by applying the transaction logs backed up at point B and point C.

When you perform recovery by applying the transaction logs backed up at point B (point C), the
database reverts to that at point B (point C).

For details about how to perform recovery by using the

drmsqlrecovertool

dialog box and

applying the transaction logs, see “

Using the drmsqlrecovertool dialog box to recover an SQL

Server database

” on page 315.

When you apply multiple transaction logs for the

drmsqlrecover

command, you can apply

multiple transaction logs at one time by using the transaction log batch file. For details about
how to perform recovery using a transaction log list file, see

Using the drmsqlrecover command

to recover an SQL Server database (using a transaction log list file)

” on page 316.

Backing up an SQL Server database

Assuming that the database is in the state as that at "point A", obtain a backup of the SQL Server
database.

Resynchronizing copy groups

When usual operation is in the split state, the copy group is first resynchronized, after which the data
is backed up.

When usual operation is in the pair status, it is unnecessary to resynchronize the copy group before
backing up the data. After the data is backed up to tape, resynchronize the copy group to restore
data to the initial state.

To resynchronize the copy group:

1.

For multi-generation operations, check the copy group to be used next.

To check the copy group to be used next, execute the

drmsqlcat

command on the backup

server.

If the copy group is not locked, the least recently backed up copy group is overwritten. (You can
use the

drmcgctl

command to check the lock status of a copy group.)

2.

Clear the cache of the secondary volume.

Before performing backup, clear the system cache of the backup server.

To clear the system cache, execute

EX_DRM_CACHE_PURGE

on the backup server at the local

site to mount, and then unmount the secondary volume.

BKServer > EX_DRM_CACHE_PURGE Operation_A -cg_file C:\temp\CGLIST.txt

In this example, the caches of the secondary volumes belonging to copy groups with names

VG01,vol11

and

VG01,vol12

are cleared. To specify multiple copy group names, you can

create a copy-group list file ahead of time, and simply specify the file. In this example, copy
groups

VG01,vol11

and

VG01,vol12

are defined in the copy-group list file

CGLIST.txt

.

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