Backing up files mounted with LOFS with NetBackup for SAP (UNIX or Linux)
The NetBackup for SAP Agent for Unix/Linux supports backups of files from a loopback virtual file system (LOFS). An LOFS file system lets you create a virtual file system that provides access to existing files through the use of alternate pathname. Consider a loopback mount of the /oracle file system onto the /database file system. This loopback mount allows the /oracle file system to also appear under the /database file system. All files in /oracle are then accessible either from a pathname relative to /oracle or relative to /database. For example, /database/sapdata1/system/system.dbf.
If you have a local file system mounted as an LOFS, you do not need to select .
Select the "Follow NFS" option for backups of an LOFS if the actual file system (for example, /oracle) is either of the following:
An NFS mount
A Solaris global zone file system and mounted with LOFS onto a non-global zone.