Hi,

is it possible to overwrite a running solaris with the netbackup client?

Imagine the following situation:
Netbackup does full system backups everyday. Also a flash archive is made
every couple of months (so maybe it doesn't contain the latest patches).

Some day the filesystem crashes beyond repair and the system is jumpstarted
with the flash archive (JET).
The system is running (e.g. in runlevel 1) with netbackup client installed
and networking up. Is it now possible to tell netbackup to overwrite
everything on the system (exlcuding itself) and to delete obsolete files?

I think if netbackup deletes the files first before writing them, there
should be no problem. The system is running solaris 8 w/patches and vxvm/ufs
on the local volumes.

I know there's the possibility to net boot a mini solaris image with
netbackup client, but I want to use JET, as this is already configured for
all machines.

Regards
Andreas

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