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Create CELLBOOT USB on device /dev/sdad
... output omitted for brevity
Next, the process will format the USB device:
The number of cylinders on this disk is set to 30848.
... output omitted for brevity
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): First cylinder (1-30848, default 1): Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM
or +sizeK (1-3048, default 30848):
Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to r-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block sie=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096(log=2)
3948544 inodes, 7896828 blocks
394841 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
After the USB device is formatted and mounted,
make_cell_usb
will begin copying your configuration to the
external USB drive. Excerpts from the output will appear similar to the following code:
Copying ./vmlinuz to /mnt/usb.make.cellboot/. ...
Copying ./lastGoodConfig/passwd.tbz to /mnt/usb.make.cellboot/./lastGoodConfig ...
Copying ./lastGoodConfig/etc/ntp/step-tickers to /mnt/usb.make.cellboot/./lastGoodConfig/etc/ntp ...
Copying ./lastGoodConfig/etc/ntp/keys to /mnt/usb.make.cellboot/./lastGoodConfig/etc/ntp ...
... output omitted for brevity
Copying ./lastGoodConfig/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ib1 to
/mnt/usb.make.cellboot/./lastGoodConfig/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
... output omitted for brevity
8-4. Backing Up Your Compute Nodes Using Your Enterprise
Backup Software
Problem
You wish to use your current enterprise backup software to back up files on your Exadata Compute Nodes.
Solution
In this recipe, we will discuss some high-level topics concerning backing up the Oracle software on the Exadata
Compute Nodes using your organization's current backup software.
The first task you should perform is to determine how your data will physically be copied from the compute
servers to your backup media. In other words, how the data will move from disks on the compute nodes to tape,
virtual tape, external disk, or the backup media used in your environment. Typically, companies define pools of
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