1. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

I have been restoring from tape some old data. I have done quite a few tapes and have had no problems until now. The command I am running is "dd if=/dev/rmt/1hbn bs=1024 | tar -pBxF - ". This is the second tape have have come up with the error "Not enough space". This tape has a couple of... (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, Experts ! I've met a following challenge: I have a unix machine, and I need to take a backup of its disk in order to use it for staging of the next machine in the future. But I try to find some information on how it is best to do it. The spare disk which I have is new and not formatted,... (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi: I am a trying to write a script using a loop i guess. What I need to do is write a script that can allow my users to load a tape and copy a range of files from a tape to the hard disk. By range I mean, I would like the users to pick a range of numbers like files 3 - 8 and the script will... (0 Replies)

4. Solaris

Hi Gurus, I need help. Mine is an Ultra 10 machine running on solaris 7. Problem with solaris 7 is, it can no longer recognize IDE disks greater that 10GB. My workaround is ro use an external SCSI disk since it is recognizable with solaris 7. I backup my filesystems (residing on the IDE... (2 Replies)

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have the below script which has been written to retrieve files from tape drive i.e. TSM server. Now i have to write the script using UNIX commands for retrieve operation but I am not able to proceed. The script is: #!/usr/local/bin/expect -f set timeout 1800 set file spawn $env(SHELL)... (0 Replies)

6. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

Hello, We are running sun solaris and it is connected to SAN storage. How do I find what are the disks are internal and what are the disks are connected to SAN? (0 Replies)

7. Solaris

Hi dears, i´m working with a sun sparc server(M4000) , solaris 10 installed. I need a little help, because i wanna know if is it possible to backup the whole system in a usb disk. I´m gonna explain you a little more why i want to do it. Currently i have installed a Solaris 10 working with... (5 Replies)

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi All, Seeking information on the following and perhaps a bit of insight and opinions: I would like to look into using NDMP to backup a disk array using NetBackup 7.5 to HP B6200 StoreOnce Backup System (i.e. Virtual Tape Library) as well as physical tape library. Does anyone think... (0 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a backup script. Before it runs it need to check the backup disk is connected. It usually mounts to /Volumes/Files_Bakup_1 I wrote a bit of script to do the check but it has failed me. if ! cd /Volumes/Files_Backup_1 then echo "could not connect to external hard drive"; ... (5 Replies)

10. Solaris

Hello! I have an Oracle server X5-2 with Solaris 11. Now, this server will get repurposed before I get a system of my own. I am a beginner...but is there a way I can make a backup or an image of my whole disk so when I get my own system I can just restore without having to reinstall software... (1 Reply)