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Old 10-03-2015
No, it is an older 6 or 7 inch tape, but I am sure I could find a drive that fits it and and borrow an old system. A DC600 cartridge?

Actually thought about what you are suggesting. question, is my SCO unix going to be copy protected with a product key like modern windows that will prevent install? No. The only issue is if there are two servers on the same local area network with the same serial number.

Regardless, if I can, I probably going to install UNIX just to play with/learn it.

Also, the APP SW peeps keep telling be BASIS license is tied to HD and it will not work on another HD? I am going to try to contact BASIS Monday.
Most likely the install uses a technique to save the inode number of one of the files in a file; meaning that you cannot copy an installed version to another system.

Another thing I thought about, not sure if it will work, Back up my data daily via FTP and clonezilla the HD. If HD it crashes restore the HD from clonezilla and copy my updated data to the new HD. Of course, this only works if BASIS will re-license me for the new HD AND Clonezilla will clone a UNIX HD that will actually boot...
Using clonezilla, you do not need to re-license Basis, as the inode numbers do not change, you only have to install the pre-configured replacement drive, and restore the data.
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bdb.db0

BDB.DB0(5)							AFS File Reference							BDB.DB0(5)

NAME

       bdb.DB0, bdb.DBSYS1 - Contain the Backup Database and associated log

DESCRIPTION

       The bdb.DB0 file contains the Backup Database, which records configuration information used by the AFS Backup System along with cross-
       indexed records of the tapes created and volumes dumped using the Backup System commands.

       The bdb.DBSYS1 file is a log file in which the Backup Server (buserver process) logs each database operation before performing it. When an
       operation is interrupted, the Backup Server replays the log to complete the operation.

       Both files are in binary format and reside in the /var/lib/openafs/db directory on each database server machine that runs the Backup
       Server.	When the Backup Server starts or restarts on a given machine, it establishes a connection with its peers and verifies that its
       copy of the bdb.DB0 file matches the copy on the other database server machines. If not, the Backup Servers use AFS's distributed database
       technology, Ubik, to distribute to all of the machines the copy of the database with the highest version number.

       Use the commands in the backup suite to administer the Backup Database. It is advisable to create a backup copy of the bdb.DB0 file on tape
       on a regular basis, using the UNIX tar command or another local disk backup utility.

SEE ALSO

       backup(8), backup_savedb(8), buserver(8)

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