createSRD — Create a Veritas Recovery Disk

createSRD [source]... [install ISO type, disk type]... [destination]

createSRD is a command line utility for creating a Veritas Recovery Disk (VRD). Veritas Recovery Disk lets you start a computer that can no longer run the Linux operating system. When you boot your computer using the Veritas Recovery Disk CD, a scaled-down version of Linux runs a recovery environment. In the recovery environment, you can access the recovery features of Veritas System Recovery.

-h, --helpShow this help message and exit.-i FILE or DIR, --iso=FILE or DIRCD ISO file or directory where the CD is mounted. You use this ISO file or directory to create a Veritas Recovery Disk.-d FILE, --destination=FILEThe output ISO file that the script creates.-m, --manual-modificationsPause after all files are extracted to allow for manual modifications.--temp-dir=DIRTemporary directory that is used for creating the new ISO file. The default is /tmp/<iso_name>.-v --verbose

Print extra status messages to stdout.

createSRD uses POSIX-style options. This is different than the symsr utility, which always uses a single '-' even if the option contains multiple characters. Single-letter parameters may be specified as a group in POSIX tar -xvf, but cannot be in the symsr utilities.

The following are usage examples for the createSRD utility.

createSRD --iso=/mnt/backup/rhel-5.2-server-i386-dvd.iso -d /mnt/backup/customSRD.isoCreate an Veritas Recovery Disk from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) boot CD/DVD iso.createSRD --iso=/media/SLES10SP_001/ -d /mnt/backup/customSRD.isoCreate a Veritas Recovery Disk from a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) CD/DVD in the drive.createSRD -i /media/SLES10 -d srd.iso

Create a Veritas Recovery Disk from a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) CD/DVD mounted in the /media/ directory.

Man page for Backup and Restore (symsr utility).

Man page for Granular File Recovery (mount.v2i utility).