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1. HP-UX
I have used ioscan -fnC tape and the system identified the tape drive. what is the command to show a listing of what is on the tape? I have used ls /dev/rmt/rmt0 to no avail. can anyone help?
Thanks in advance (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Randydog
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2. HP-UX
HP rp5450 (L2000)
running HP-UX 11.11B
Using DLT 7000 and DLT 4000 tape drives for nightly full backups
Backup jobs created by SAM
DLT 7000 cron entry is as follows:
00 2 * * 1-6 /usr/sam/lbin/br_backup DLT FULL Y /dev/rmt/0m /var/sam/graphLCAa17036 root Y 1 N > /var/sam/SAM_br_msgs 2>&1... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dreh99
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3. Solaris
Hey folks,
Linux admin here, forced to use Opensolaris to try to use ufsdump/ufsrestore to get some data of some old tapes.
I've got Opensolaris 2009.06 on x86 and a Sony SDX-700V.
As a "control" experiment, I booted the system with a Linux live CD and the tape drive worked perfectly.
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: eddy_sysad
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Do we have a way in solaris to actuallyu check in real time the activity of a tape when it is loaded for backup?
I know mt -f /dev/rmt/0n stat will provide the status. If it's busy, meaning it's currrently on backup mode or someone is using it (fuser -u /dev/rmt/0n)
I wanted to check if the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: lhareigh890
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
We have an ESL tape library with legato networker software. From GUI - networker administrator, i can see that 3 of our tape drives are in service mode.
How can i view the same thing by issuing commands in HP-UX.
Thanks in advance! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: *Jess*
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6. AIX
We sometime run backups to tape in the background using the cron. Is there a command that will show me how fast the information is being written and or how much data has been written?
I know if we enter the information via the command prompt or smit it shows the speed and amount written. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: daveisme
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7. SCO
when I do a tape status /dev/rStp0 I get the following on a new tape and I have tried several:
Status : ready beginning-of-tape
soft errors : 0
hard errors: 2
underruns: 5
My BackupEdge has stopped backing up my system because it asks for a new volume yet my total system data is under 20... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: psytropic
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I need to restore my tape backup, when I type "tape status" it gives;
status : ready beginning-of-tape write-protected
soft errors : 0
hard errors : 0
underruns : 3
but... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: alisevA3
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