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1. Red Hat
Thanks for any insights you might have...
I have a RH8 system setup with a DAT drive.
I have a AIX tape that was made using cpio.
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I was able to do cpio -itv --no-absolute-filenames < /dev/st0 and read the table of contents.
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I have a HP SURESTORE 40 tape drive. Several archives are stored on it using DUMP. I have several volumes stored on the tape...
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6. AIX
I'm attempting to read a tape in a 4mm drive (AIX 4.3) using the following command...
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I' using a sun solaris server, I would like to known if there is the possibility to control how many space is free on a tape and how I can delete a single file on a tape.
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8. AIX
I am experimenting with one of my TSM processes, and I am trying to write something to a 4mm tape.
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I have been attempting to read a DLT tape, but encountered problems. I have applied patches from SUN that 'resolve' known problems with tape reading etc...but still the error!
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I am attempting to read tar images from a DLT tape, and have recieved an error, which i don't know:
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dxarchiver(8) System Manager's Manual dxarchiver(8)
NAME
dxarchiver - Archives and restores files to and from disk and tape devices
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/X11/dxarchiver
OPTIONS
The Archiver application accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options, which are documented in the OPTIONS section in the
X(1X) reference page.
DESCRIPTION
Use the Archiver application, dxarchiver, to: Copy and store multiple files to a single, named archive file or output device such as a tape
or floppy disk Uncompress incoming archive files and compress newly created files Retrieve stored files from an archive file or device such
as a tape or floppy disk
Invoke the Archiver application from the CDE Application Manager from the following categories:
Application Group: System_Admin
System Admin Subgroup: Daily Admin
FILES
Defaults that are shared by the GUI and CLI The Archiver application The Archiver help volume Directory containing Archiver application
icons Application defaults file that sets the default values for the X resources Archiver message catalog Archiver online help location IDs
for on-item help i18n_motif_shared_text.cat
Message catalog containing application-independent messages i18n_motif_shared_text_LocIds.cat
Message catalog containing application-independent location IDs for on-item help
SEE ALSO
Commands: cpio(1), pax(1), tar(1), X(1X)
Files: cpio(4), tar(4)
System Administration
dxarchiver(8)