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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello everyone.
I googled a little bit, and the best anwers i had were found in this forum. But , unfortunately, they couldn't give me a solution. So i decided to ask the question completely.
I have two servers:
One RHEL 5 , x64 , with a SCSI DAT72 Tape Drive.
Another (the new one), with... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: pablobhz
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Good day all!
I need to recover FS from backup, but the thing is that tape drive cable is not compatible with the server's input (tape drive's cable is wide, but at the server input (V240) is tight one). So, I want to connect this tape drive to another Solaris based server and mount tape drive... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nypreH
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3. Solaris
Hello all,
I'm trying to backup some files on a solaris 10 machine to the remote tape drive connected to another solaris 10 machine.
I have set up rsh to allow for password-less connection between the servers, but I'm not able to write to the tape with the command:
root@sdp4a>tar cvf... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kerrygold
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I want to use this command to tar to tape:
tar cf - DIR | compress > `hostname`_`date +%m-%d-%y`.DIR.tar.Z
this of course goes to the FS.
How do I modify this to go directly to tape?
My tape device is /dev/rmt/0
thanks.
Having so many posts you should be familiar using code tags.... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: djehresmann
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5. 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)
Discussion started by: Browser_ice
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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)
Discussion started by: jmsathish
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
We have 2 UNIX machines,
1.HP-UX 11i where oracle database running on it.
2.AIX 5 with Ultrium LTO3 tape drive connected.
My query is, i want to send oracle database archive files from HP machine to the tape drive which connected on AIX machine, everyday.
These files should be appended.
I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: yashdbad
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8. AIX
Hi,
Would appreciate if anyone could tell me if it is possible to mount (and use) a remote tape drive on a AIX server, and if so, what are the precise configuration steps needed?
The tape drive to be mounted as a remote tape drive is present on another AIX server in the same network.
... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: dnicky
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Would appreciate if anyone could tell me if it is possible to mount (and use) a remote tape drive on a AIX server, and if so, what are the precise configuration steps needed?
The tape drive to be mounted as a remote tape drive is present on another AIX server in the same network.
... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: dnicky
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I tried to buckup some oracle archive logs (from a solaris machine) to a remote tape (in a HP-UX machine).
I added the solaris machine name and user to .rhosts, and i tried to use this commande :
tar cvf HPhost:/dev/rmt/0mn /u01/*
The probleme that it gives:
HPhost:/dev/rmt/0mn : No such... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: lasgaa
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