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butc - Initializes the Tape Coordinator process
butc
[-port <port offset>]
[-debuglevel (0 | 1 | 2)]
[-cell <cell name>] [-noautoquery]
[-rxbind] [-localauth]
[-auditlog <file | sysvmq> [-audit-interface
<interface>]]
[-allow_unauthenticated] [-help]
butc [-p <port offset>]
[-d (0 | 1 | 2)]
[-c <cell name>] [-n] [-r]
[-l]
[-auditl <file | sysvmq> [--audit-i
<interface>]]
[-al] [-h]
The butc command initializes a Tape Coordinator process on a Tape Coordinator machine, enabling an operator to direct Backup System requests to the associated tape device or backup data file. (The Tape Coordinator controls a backup data file if the "FILE YES" instruction appears in the /var/lib/openafs/backup/CFG_device_name file that corresponds to the Tape Coordinator's entry in the /var/lib/openafs/backup/tapeconfig file. For the sake of simplicity, the following discusses tape devices only.)
It is conventional to start and run the Tape Coordinator in the foreground. In this case, it runs on its own connection, which is unavailable for any other use and must remain open the entire time the Tape Coordinator is to accept backup requests and while it is executing them. (When using a window manager, the connection corresponds to a separate command shell window.) The Tape Coordinator can run in the background if the CFG_device_name file is configured to eliminate any need for the Tape Coordinator to prompt the operator. In both the foreground and background, the Tape Coordinator writes operation traces and other output to the standard output stream on the connection over which it was started. Use the -debuglevel argument to control the amount of information that appears. The Tape Coordinator also writes traces and error messages to two files in the local /var/lib/openafs/backup directory:
The Tape Coordinator creates the files automatically as it initializes. If there are existing files, the Tape Coordinator renames them with a ".old" extension, overwriting the existing ".old" files if they exist. It derives the device_name part of the file names by stripping off the device name's /dev/ prefix and replacing any other slashes with underscores. For example, the files are called TE_rmt_4m and TL_rmt_4m for a device called /dev/rmt/4m.
By default, at the beginning of each operation the Tape Coordinator prompts for the operator to insert the first tape into the drive and press Return. To suppress this prompt, include the -noautoquery flag on the command line or the instruction "AUTOQUERY NO" in the /var/lib/openafs/backup/CFG_device_name file. When the prompt is suppressed, the first required tape must be in the drive before a backup command is issued. For subsequent tapes, the Tape Coordinator uses its normal tape acquisition routine: if the /var/lib/openafs/backup/CFG_device_name file includes a "MOUNT" instruction, the Tape Coordinator invokes the indicated command; otherwise, it prompts the operator for the next tape.
To stop the Tape Coordinator process, enter an interrupt signal such as Ctrl-C over the dedicated connection (in the command shell window).
To cancel a backup operation that involves a tape before it begins (assuming the initial tape prompt has not been suppressed), enter the letter "a" (for "abort") and press Return at the Tape Coordinator's prompt for the first tape.
Tape Coordinator operation depends on the correct configuration of certain files, as described in the following list:
If the Tape Coordinator machine is an AIX machine, use the SMIT utility to set the device's block size to 0 (zero), indicating variable block size. Otherwise, tape devices attached to machines running other operating systems sometimes cannot read tapes written on AIX machines. For instructions, see the OpenAFS Administration Guide chapter about configuring the Backup System.
Do not combine this argument with the -cell flag, and use it only when logged on to a server machine as the local superuser "root"; client machines do not have /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile or /etc/openafs/server/KeyFileExt files.
The following command starts the Tape Coordinator with port offset 7 at debug level 1, meaning the Tape Coordinator reports the names of volumes it is dumping or restoring.
% butc -port 7 -debuglevel 1
The issuer must be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on every machine where the Backup Server or Volume Location (VL) Server is running, and on every file server machine that houses a volume to be backed up. If the -localauth flag is included, the issuer must instead be logged on to the Tape Coordinator machine as the local superuser "root". In addition, the issuer must be able to read and write to the log and configuration files in the local /var/lib/openafs/backup directory.
KeyFile(5), KeyFileExt(5), ThisCell(5), UserList(5), butc(5), butc_logs(5), tapeconfig(5), backup_addhost(8)
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