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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Please note that using the command cpio to back up to tape was successful. Used the below command:
time find /accts -print | cpio -oa --block-size=512 --format=newc --verbose -O /dev/nst0
I'm trying to restore from tape of a particular file and having issues. Below is the command to restore... (7 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello folks, one of the RAID drives in our SCO system crashed recently and being hot swap it was replaced.
Problem was that on boot it stops at:
Checking protected password and protected subsystem databases....
First I did #authck -a and checked /etc/auth/system/ttys as per instructions in a... (7 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello Every one,
I want to back up all passwd files to /xyz/passfiles.cpio
and Then restore them to /abc directory.
Here is what I wrote:
find / -name passwd | cpio -oc > /tmp/passwd.cpio
and to restore
cd abc
cpio -ium < /tmp/passwd.cpio
I can not find the files restored to /abc... (2 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
under unix aix , i had to put a catostrophic patch from an editor ...
i had first made a cpio backup
connected root
cd /application
find . –print | cpio –ocvBm > /sauvegarde/sauvegarde.cpio
Does someone know the command to restore my cpio backup ?
thanks in advandce to everyone
... (7 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I use following command to restore data from my cpio tape archive:
$cpio -icvd < /dev/rct0
But this'll restore all tape contents to the current path, what if I want only selected files from the tape, suppose I want
/home/compdir/home2/Rev83/data/PL/01/*.*
files to be restored... (8 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi. I have a situation here where I need to backup a users' home directory and restore onto another server. The issue here is that both servers have different operating systems and I am looking for advices on how to proceed.
The source server operating system is Tru64 v5.1, and here's the output... (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I have a tape backup(DDS2) with cpio. I want to restore just some directory from this device but I do not know the command ??
other question
what is the best cpio command to take more than 8 GB data ?
thanks
Alice (1 Reply)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
SCO/Caldera Unixware 711
Hi Friends,
I have a cpio file which was created using relative pathnames.
the relative pathname is users/data/*
I want to restore these files to a different directory with cpio.
An example restore directory is /home/suresh
Is this possible ?
Can someone... (4 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi i am using HPUX
and i want to know wht is the command to see the listing from the tape device..
i have taken the backup
using cpio -ocvB>/dev/rmt/0m
while seeing the listing using
cpio -itvB</dev/rmt/0m
it is not showing the listing giving message -c option sd be there if i put -c... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Prafulla
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