Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide: Linux Edition

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Product(s): System Recovery (21)
  1. Introducing Veritas™ System Recovery for Linux
    1.  
      About Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition
  2. Installing Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition
    1. Before you install
      1.  
        System requirements
      2.  
        Installing Fuse
      3.  
        About supported file systems and removable media
      4.  
        When you delay licensing
    2.  
      About upgrading to Veritas System Recovery 21 Linux Edition
    3.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition
    4.  
      Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition
  3. Backing up a Linux computer
    1.  
      About backing up a Linux computer
    2.  
      Viewing the details of the disk that you want to back up
    3.  
      Performing an independent backup
    4. Scheduling a backup
      1.  
        Viewing the details of existing backup jobs
      2.  
        Recovery point type options
      3.  
        Compression level options
      4.  
        Encryption type options
      5.  
        Scheduling options for starting a new recovery point set (base recovery point)
      6.  
        Scheduling options for creating recovery points (incremental recovery points)
      7.  
        Scheduling options for an independent recovery point
    5.  
      Running an existing backup job
  4. Restoring a Linux computer
    1.  
      About recovering a Linux computer
    2.  
      Starting a Linux-based computer using Veritas Recovery Disk
    3. Recovering a Linux computer
      1.  
        About restoring to empty disk segments
    4.  
      Mounting and unmounting a recovery point for granular file and folder recovery
  5. Creating a Veritas Recovery Disk
    1.  
      About Veritas Recovery Disk
    2.  
      Creating a Veritas Recovery Disk for Linux
  6. Features not supported in Veritas System Recovery for Linux
    1.  
      Windows product features not supported in this release
  7. Troubleshooting Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition
    1.  
      About finding logs for troubleshooting
    2.  
      About using the gatherLogs utility for troubleshooting
    3.  
      About troubleshooting cron services issues
  8. Appendix A. Veritas System Recovery for Linux Utilities
    1.  
      Create Veritas Recovery Disk (createSRD utility)
    2.  
      Backup and Restore (symsr utility)
    3.  
      Granular File Recovery (mount.v2i utility)

About finding logs for troubleshooting

You can find the logs and alerts that can help you to diagnose and troubleshoot issues in the following directory:

/var/log/symsr/

This directory contains the following:

  • Debug logs

  • Application logs

  • Install/Uninstall logs

  • Alerts

  • History

See About using the gatherLogs utility for troubleshooting.

See About troubleshooting cron services issues.