Move the /var partition example

• Perform 2 sets of backups for the whole system based on individual disks. (using tar)
• Perform one set of UFSDUMP backup for each partition under the root directory.
• Commented out the scripts from rc2.d (i.e. rename the startup files that fireup oracle in the /etc/rc2.d and
• /etc/rc3.d directory)
• Repartition the /export/home and restored.
• Test on mounting/unmounting/ufsrestoring file systems by booting from CDROM. (This was done before reconfiguring the /usr partition)
• Repartition the /usr
• Repartition the /opt
• Repartition the /var
• Ufsrestore the /var
• Ufsrestore the /opt
• Ufsrestore the /usr

PROBLEM

• Couldn't restore /usr at first (Possibly because of symbolic links or other files seeking information from /opt ) so we tried restoring /var , /opt and then /usr in sequence and it worked.

Alternate:

• Stop all the process relating to oracle ,unmount u1, u2, ... comment out the filesystems that get mounted during bootup in the /etc/vfstab file ( relating to u1 u2 u3)
• Also rename the startup files that fireup oracle in the /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rc3.d directory. Use ufsdump of the entire partition i.e. / /usr /var /opt/ .
• Increasing the /var partition can be done by: Reducing the /opt partition or changing /opt and subsequent partitions i.e. /usr and /export/home.
• Format/select appropriate disk and partition , print command will tell the option required.
• Boot cdrom -sw run format partition and change appropriate values
• Create newfs and ufsrestore appropriate partitions that have been newfsed

• Boot the system back in single user mode then into multi user