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

[Mariano Martinez Peck via Glass]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Dale Henrichs via Glass <
glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> 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...
>
>
OK, thanks Dale. I guess that at least for the upgrade process I can change
these files. Or..maybe I will remove the snapshots for sure (maybe I let
backups, I will see).



> 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,
>
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> Mariano
> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
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