[Glass] should installTode allowed to specify whether to snapshot or not?

[Dale Henrichs via Glass]

BTW, there are other script in the tode-scripts directory that do `bu 
snapshot` so you'd probably want to customize them all while you are at 
it ...

Dale

On 10/25/15 2:25 PM, Dale Henrichs wrote:
> Mariano,
>
> Since you say that "extent snapshots are very expensive on disk", I 
> assume that you never really want installTode to do extent backups....
>
> If that is true, then you can customize the script that does the 
> extent backup by copying the file 
> $GS_HOME/sys/default/client/tode-scripts/installServerTode2 to 
> $GS_HOME/sys/local/client/tode-scripts and then remove the backups and 
> or snapshots as you'd like.
>
> BTW, the extent backup is made AFTER tode is installed, because before 
> tODE is installed there is no tODE to do the command...
>
> Any, here is the default installServerTode2:
>
>   script --script=setUpSys      # set up the in-image tODE /sys structure
>   bu backup --commit tode.dbf   # backup of initial tODE install with 
> /sys structures in place
>   bu snapshot --commit tode.dbf # make a snapshot of initial tODE 
> install with /sys structures in place
>
> And you can remove both or one of the backups made ... the setUpSys is 
> the important bit...
>
> Dale
>
> On 10/25/15 1:46 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck via Glass wrote:
>> Dale,
>>
>> I found out that the `upgradeStone` ends up creating a extent backup 
>> before installing tODE.
>> In the case of the `upgradeStone` is VERY much likely we have already 
>> made a backup before starting the process. And extent snapshots are 
>> very expensive on disk. Wouldn't it be nice if the `upgradeStone` 
>> would allow a parameter whether to backup or not and pass that to 
>> `installTode` ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> -- 
>> Mariano
>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>
>>
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