1. Solaris

Hi, We have some IBM LTO tape drives connect over SAN. I have the following questions :- 1) Command that can list the tape drive details like who is manufacturer, model number, make etc etc 2) I would like to know what are the key differences between IBM LTO Generation 1 and Generation... (5 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Trying to answer a question about whether tar table-of-contents is a good tool for verifying tape data. (1 Reply)

3. Solaris

hello guys, am trying to save a file file1 to a remote tape drive using tar and i get a permission denied error as shown below: server1%tar cvf - file1 | rsh server2 dd of=/dev/rmt/1m conv=sync a file1 1883905K permission denied since server2 requires login username and password, i see in... (3 Replies)

4. Solaris

Hello Everybody I have two servers, name A & B. I need to take a backup of one directory(/girish) on serverA. But my tape drive is in serverB through tar command. But when I run the following command it doesn't take the backup. Could any one correct my command to take a backup tar cvf - ... (0 Replies)

5. AIX

I have tape drive in one Lpar. when i saw that time tape is in defined state. After that i deleted the tape drive using the rmdev -R command. Then fired the cfgmgr -v command. But I am not getting the tape drive. Now the drive is even not in defined state also. It is not shown the tape drive. How... (1 Reply)

6. Solaris

Hi all, I would like to know what would happen if the tape (media) is not placed on the drive and a tar command is executed to backup on the tape. My problem is that tar command hanged for multiple days instead of throwing the error, Is it valid behaviour? I was unable to test the... (4 Replies)

7. AIX

Every 3 months we have to do backups (smitth mksysb/lsmksysb + tar) on at least 30 workstations. We have to carry around 2 external tape drives to connect to them. It is a pain to do because it takes at least 3 days to do (evening/night shift) and users sometimes complain that there desk is not put... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I have a tar file and inside that tar file is a folder with additional tar.gz files. What I want to do is look inside the first tar file and then find the second tar file I'm looking for, look inside that tar.gz file to find a certain directory. I'm encountering issues by trying to... (1 Reply)