Veritas™ System Recovery 18 Service Pack 3 User's Guide: Linux Edition

To perform a backup using Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition

1. At the Linux server, log on as user root or a user with administrative privileges.
2. Enter the following command in a terminal window:

   symsr -b volume_name options -d destinationrecoverypoint_name

   Replace volume_name with the name and path of the volume block device or mount point.

   Replace options with the options you want to use with the backup.

   See Backup and Restore (symsr utility). for a list of the options available with the Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition command line utility.

   Replace destination with the location where the recovery point is created.

   Replace recoverypoint_name with the name you want to assign to the recovery point.

   For example, if you want to create a recovery point named system_000.v2i of the /dev/sda1 volume in the same directory where the command is executed and using default options, you enter the following command:

   symsr -b /dev/sda1 -d system_000.v2i