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Operating Systems Solaris Share Tape drive between Solaris servers Post 302710029 by jim mcnamara on Wednesday 3rd of October 2012 10:37:53 PM
Old 10-03-2012
Here is a workaround - use tar and rsh (or ssh)
nfs is for filesystems, I have never seen it documented for use on tape drives. Tape drives do not have filesystems like disks do. Which is why you can use dd to write directly to a tape device. But not a disk device.



here is how to use tar to get files from a tape on the remote system back to the local system:

restore from remote
Code:
 rsh -n hostname dd if=/dev/rmt/0 bs=20b | tar xvBfb - 20 [ file list ... ]

files to remote archive
Code:
tar cvfb  -  20[list of files ...] | rsh host dd of=/dev/rmt/0  obs=20b

20 is the tape block size: 20 bytes

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 10-03-2012 at 11:54 PM..
 

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NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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