Before you can create a snapshot you must establish the date format for the DATEMSK environment variable that is used by the recovery server.
To verify that the DATEMSK environment variable is defined:
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Type, echo $DATEMSK
- If no value is returned, the DATEMSK environment variable is undefined. Proceed to Establish the date format for the DATEMSK environment variable.
- If, for example, /tmp/mdm, is returned, the date format for DATEMSK environment is defined. To view the contents of /tmp/mdm, type: cat /tmp/mdm.