Defining a custom snapshot method

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If you want additional, customized system and cluster information to be appended to the .info file, you should define custom snapshot methods to be executed when you create your cluster snapshot.

About this task

To define a custom snapshot method, perform the following steps.

Procedure

  1. From the command line, enter smit sysmirror
  2. In SMIT, select Cluster Nodes and Networks > Manage the Cluster > Snapshot Configuration > Configure Custom Snapshot Method > Add a Custom Snapshot Method and press Enter.
  3. Enter field values as follows:
    Table 1. Add a Custom Snapshot Method fields
    Field Value
    Custom Snapshot Method Name A name for the custom snapshot method you would like to create.
    Custom Snapshot Method Description Add any descriptive information about the custom method.
    Custom Snapshot Script Filename Add the full pathname to the custom snapshot scriptfile.

Results

Once you have defined one or more custom snapshot methods, when you create a cluster snapshot, you are asked to specify which custom method(s) you wish to run in addition to the conventional snapshot.