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Operating Systems SCO SCO Backups and Verify Log Post 302189982 by uxlunatick on Monday 28th of April 2008 10:49:32 AM
Old 04-28-2008
A quick way, but not a true verify, is the list out the contents to a file:

tar tvf /dev/[tape drive name] > /log/tpbkup.log

where you replace the [tape drive name] with the correct name of your tape drive. Usually '/dev/rStp0'

Also, tar has "fallen" out of popularity since it does not have a true verify method of the data. For this reason, we have been "looking" for better backup systems with data verification and system recovery tools. Two of these are "Lone Tar" and "BackupEDGE." These are in the category of "super tar" backup systems for they backup the device files, provide a true data verification and system recovery (butt saver when hard drive crashes.)
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

tcopy

tcopy(1)							   User Commands							  tcopy(1)

NAME

       tcopy - copy a magnetic tape

SYNOPSIS

       tcopy source [destination]

DESCRIPTION

       The  tcopy  utility copies the magnetic tape mounted on the tape drive specified by the source argument. The only assumption made about the
       contents of a tape is that there are two tape marks at the end.

       When only a source drive is specified, tcopy scans the tape, and displays information about the sizes of records and tape files. If a  des-
       tination  is  specified,  tcopy makes a copies the source tape onto the destination tape, with blocking preserved. As it copies, tcopy pro-
       duces the same output as it does when only scanning a tape.

       The tcopy utility requires the use of Berkeley-compatible device names. For example,

	 example% tcopy /dev/rmt/1b /dev/rmt/2b

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mt(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5)

NOTES

       tcopy will only run on systems supporting an associated set of  ioctl(2) requests.

SunOS 5.11							    10 Mar 2000 							  tcopy(1)
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