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Automated data replication - AIX servers

I'm looking for a utlity that will replicate specific directories of data between aix servers, offer reporting, validation, etc. Are there any suggestions, feedback, tips, etc?

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madunix

yes rsync is a good tool to build a relation between master and slave, for example my qmail server master and slave are replucated by
copying these directories:
- - /home/vpopmail/
- - /var/qmail/control/
- - /var/qmail/alias
and other directories that exists in both the servers and needs to be replicated, using rsync command:
rsync -avz -e ssh -R /home/vpopmail user@host:/home/rsync/backupdir

on the otherhand it depends on you application, If the files and file systems are too heavey I/O _very_ busy or locked by applications copy/ftp/rsync... commands are not useful specially for DB and it is better to use mirror/shadow/standby features of database.

regarding rsync i have created my own script to move data, feel free to change it
the script i have tested on multiple linux server RHEL, Centos but AIX still need to be modified

madunix

#!/bin/bash
#  This script uses Rsync the backup files
#  to a remote server. To use this script
#  you first have to setup ssh to use keys.
#  This elimates the need for a password but
#  still provides security I have ssh on
#  a non standard port so I had to specify
#  the port (ssh -p 2998).
##########################################
#  Simply change the variables list below
#  to match your specifications.
##########################################
#  The Script also logs the transfer time.
#  For automated backup add script to crontab.
# Setup Variables
SOURCEPATH="/../source/"
DESTPATH="/../target/"
DESTHOST="10.6.40.81"
#The user you created with ssh_keys
DESTUSER="root"
LOCKFILE="/var/lock/rsyncbackup.lock"
LOGFILE="/var/log/rsyncbackup.log"
STARTTIME=$(date +"%s")
# Verfiy the last rsync is not still running
if [ -f $LOCKFILE ]; then
ERRORTIME=$(date +"%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %Z")
echo "[$ERRORTIME] WARNING rsyncbackup.lock exists, aborting..." >> $LOGFILE
exit 1
fi
# If it finished, create a new lock file
touch $LOCKFILE
# The rsync command (for explanation type rsync --help)
rsync -aqrpogtu --delete --bwlimit=512 --rsh='ssh -p 22' $SOURCEPATH $DESTUSER@$DESTHOST:$DESTPATH 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE
# Log when the script was run
DONE=$(date +"%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %Z")
# Log how long it took the script to run
STOPTIME=$(date +"%s")
SECONDS=$(($STOPTIME - $STARTTIME))
echo "[$DONE]finished: - Tranfer took:$(((SECONDS/60)/60)) hours $(((SECONDS/60)%60)) minutes $((SECONDS%60)) seconds" >> $LOGFILE
# Remove lock file
rm -f $LOCKFILE
# END
#

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