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tape backup error
Post 22549 by larry on Wednesday 5th of June 2002 06:28:10 PM
06-05-2002
tape backup error
Hello everyone,
I like to start off by saying thank-you all. You guys have saved my butt alot of time. Well I have a problem in which I can't find in the search.
I'm trying to do a tar backup to a DDS3 tape as root:
tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0 /home/larry
the error
tar: /dev/rmt/0
ermission denied
I've noticed that even in the /etc/mail directory I can't tar to tape. I get the same error.
I don't understand this. I can extract files from the tape and I have no problem using tar. I can also do an ufsdump to tape.
I have also check the tape via mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status. I get the info of the tape.
anyone THANKS
I like to start off by saying thank-you all. You guys have saved my butt alot of time. Well I have a problem in which I can't find in the search.
I'm trying to do a tar backup to a DDS3 tape as root:
tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0 /home/larry
the error
tar: /dev/rmt/0
ermission deniedI've noticed that even in the /etc/mail directory I can't tar to tape. I get the same error.
I don't understand this. I can extract files from the tape and I have no problem using tar. I can also do an ufsdump to tape.
I have also check the tape via mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status. I get the info of the tape.
anyone THANKS
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amverify
AMVERIFY(8) System Manager's Manual AMVERIFY(8) NAME
amverify - check an Amanda tape for errors SYNOPSIS
amverify config [ slot [ runtapes ] ] DESCRIPTION
Amverify reads an Amanda format tape and makes sure each backup image can be processed by amrestore and, if possible, the appropriate restore program (e.g. tar). Amverify runs amrestore on each file of the tape and pipes the output to a restore program (if available) with an option to create a cata- logue of the backup. The catalogue itself is discarded. Only the success or failure of the operation itself is reported. If the backup image cannot be processed by the restore program, e.g. if it was written on a different operating system, the image is sent through dd to /dev/null. This still determines if the tape is readable, but does not do any internal consistency check on the image. If config is set up to use a tape changer, the slot argument may be used to choose the first tape to process. Otherwise, the current slot is used. The runtapes configuration parameter determines how many tapes are processed unless it is specified on the command line. See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. AUTHOR
Axel Zinser <fifi@icem.de> SEE ALSO
amrestore(8), amanda(8), amverifyrun(8) AMVERIFY(8)