Hi,
Is there a Restore Point on Solaris 8 like windows ? Today I restarted my machine and saw that one entire Directory is missing. Need to restore the lost data :(
You need to make daily backups , for example I am using openBacula with cron and everything is automated (I love UNIX) .
For restoring deleted data
try old school with grep command
Linux or UNIX Recover deleted files � undelete files
or try with testdisk(not sure if has support for ZFS) it has support for Solaris i386 disklabel
In bothcases , server must go to init state 1
But if I were you
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No such thing.. But in Solaris, there is something called flash archives or snapshots.
Windows restore points do not help in recovering a lost directory. Only the registry and some critical files (drivers and the like) are saved.
You can use Live Upgrade with Solaris 8 and newer for a similar to windows restore points yet more powerful feature.
With OpenSolaris, there is the automatic ZFS snapshot service that would help in recovering any directory or file on the filesystems where it is enabled: How to Manage the Automatic ZFS Snapshot Service - OpenSolaris Information Resources - wikis.sun.com
Hi,
Currently this utility is not installed. So, what is the use ? If I had installed and taken snapshots, then might be this was helpful. But, how will it help in my current scenario ?
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Does Solaris, automatically takes snapshots of the Files/Directories ? If Yes, how do I access them ?
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During re-boot I get the following message -
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4 - cannot read : BLK 3003616
unexpected inconsistency; RUN fsck manually
What do I do here to recover or repair this block ?
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I tried
fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4
also. and rebooted, but still it says the same problem
It won't help.
It doesn't take snapshots unless being told so.
You might have a faulty disk in which case you should replace it and restore the filesystem from your most recent backup.
During re-boot I get the following message -
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4 - cannot read : BLK 3003616
unexpected inconsistency; RUN fsck manually
What do I do here to recover or repair this block ?
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I tried
fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4
also. and rebooted, but still it says the same problem
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Also back-doors solution can be to attache next submiror and let system synchronize content of whole disk to the second one and de-attach it when done.
Add to inconsistency.... your disk is saying good bye, you should replace it....