I am taking backup with verbose and will be uploading next time, dafinately i will be using -v option for this..
Can you explain this question "Are there any errors on rmt0 in errpt?"
I didnt see any error message when it checks tape drives readbility
I am first time doing this type of sys admin guy. I am a DBA actualy
Please see result of command you asked me to run in attached file
Can someone please.... help me how to install tape backup
I am using FreeBSD Unix version running on I386 PC box. My IDE tape device is made by HP (Colorado 5GB).
Thank you in advance! (15 Replies)
Hi guys
I have a Caldera Openlinux 3.1.1 i'm new with this OS so please bear with me.
I have no idea about how to install my backup tape could any of you tell me how to do this.
I worked before with unix sco openserver 5.0.6 and i know that you can use scoadmin and then option (tape ).
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I have a script which runs overnight to backup a database into a tar file. I then gzip the file and send it off to a tape device.
The command I'm using for the tape backup is
tar cvf /dev/rmt/0n /var/dbbackup/${FILE}.gz
I thought the n meant no rewind so the next file is copied to tape... (4 Replies)
hello everybody...
i need some help ...
so... i need to do some backups from one solaris system and i dont know whitch is the best solution....to use tar or ufsdump...?
...and .... how can i restore files from tape if on the tape i have 2 sessions....how can i access second session....?
enough... (4 Replies)
How can I tell (from the command line) is compression is turned on for a tape drive?
I need to backup a system that is approx 150gb to a tape that has 110gb uncompress but 220gb available compressed.
Any ideas?
Also is it possible to turn compression on or off from the command line?
I am... (1 Reply)
Hi there: I'm new here
Can anyone help me:
I have DS15 Alpha server : Unix 5.1B
Now i need to connect a DLVT VS80 1U Rackmount Tape Drive unit.
What is the exact comman to mount the DLTape IV??
How do i make backuo @ copy file to the tape?
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Hi,
I performed backup on tape and I want to append more files to my previous backup on the same backup tape. But before I do that I need to know the backup file size of the first backup I performed so that I know the available size on the backup tape. Can someone help me what command I will use... (0 Replies)
I am trying to make a full backup of my system using the cpio command. The Tape Unit is a SCSI DDS.
The process started fine but after about 30 minutes, it just stopped and showed the following message:
1755 Signal 31 - Core dumped
Any idea of what is causing this and how to fix it?
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Hi All,
I would like some feedback / suggestion /recommendation about backup tape/disaster recovery for linux box as i'm new to linux.
We have linux box running as webserver which hosting website files.
I know that i have to backup all "website files". Is there any Linux system file i have... (2 Replies)
Hi All!
Letīs say there are a few solaris servers connected to a NetApp storage device, but with no tape library or tape device attached to none of them. Assuming the O.S. is installed on the root disks, how to recover if the O.S. failed in one of the systems? Please share your ideas. (13 Replies)
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st - shared tape administration
SYNOPSIS
device_file
DESCRIPTION
The command provides users with a command-line interface to check the status of a shared tape device or to reclaim a shared tape device
from a host system that has failed while holding a reservation on the shared tape device. The command can also be used for the same pur-
pose on shared library robotic devices. To use the command you must have root user id.
Please see examples below for usage.
Options
recognizes the following options and arguments:
Specifies the tape device file or sctl/esctl pass-through device
file for the shared tape/library device. This parameter is mandatory and will report an error if device_file is omitted.
Allows the user to reclaim a shared tape device or shared
library robotic device in the case where a host failed while holding a reservation on the shared device. This option causes
a bus device reset to be issued to the device specified by the option.
Prints out the current status of the shared tape/library
device specified by the option.
RETURN VALUE
returns 0 upon successful completion and 1 otherwise.
EXAMPLES
The following shows three examples of output from the above command.
The above output indicates that the shared device is reserved by another host and is therefore unavailable at this time.
The above output indicates that the shared device is not ready for use at this time.
The above output indicates that the shared device is ready for use at this time.
To reclaim a shared tape/library device from a failed host, the following command can be used:
WARNINGS
The option must be used with care. When reclaiming devices, it must be ensured that the host from which the device is being reclaimed has
in fact failed, as data may be lost as the result of reclaiming a device that is currently in use by another host.
AUTHOR
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
SEE ALSO mt(1), scsi(7), scsi_ctl(7).
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