Back Up a WPAR Image via an LPAR or an AIX Server Backup

You can back up a WPAR image via an LPAR or an AIX server backup.

Procedure

1. Create a subclient on an LPAR to back up each WPAR image.

   For example, if your WPAR is named as database, then create a subclient named WPAR_database.

   Note

   You can also use a single subclient to back up all WPAR images.

   The savewpar command is used to back up the WPAR to disk.

   In the example, /tmp/wparbackup is used as the path. You can choose a different path.

2. Configure the content path for the subclient WPAR_database as /tmp/wpardata/database.

3. Create a pre-scan script on the LPAR or the AIX server:

   !/usr/bin/bash
   export OUTPUT=/tmp/WPAR_Backup.out
   echo starting wpar backup at 'date' >$OUTPUT
   savewpar -f /tmp/wparbackup/database.backup WPAR_name -e /etc/exclude.WPAR_name
   if[$?!=0];then echo "savewpar failed">>$OUTPUT;exit 1;fi
   exit 0

   where:

   -e specifies the files that should be excluded from the backup.

   database is the WPAR name.

4. Associate the script as a pre-scan script on the subclient WPAR_database.

5. Run or schedule a backup.

What to Do Next

Recover WPAR Image from an LPAR or an AIX Server Backup