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1. Solaris
Hi All!
Letīs say there are a few solaris servers connected to a NetApp storage device, but with no tape library or tape device attached to none of them. Assuming the O.S. is installed on the root disks, how to recover if the O.S. failed in one of the systems? Please share your ideas. (13 Replies)
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2. Solaris
Hi Guys,
I want to take backup of a ZFS file system on tape drive.
Can anybody help me with this?
Thanks,
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4. Solaris
howdy experts,
i am using 2 server- Solaris 5.9
i have tape device attached with 1 of my solaris server. But others not.
# modinfo|grep tape
152 13d43e4 1333c 33 1 st (SCSI tape Driver 1.231)
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5. AIX
Hi,
I am very new to AIX, i have a development and a production server with AIX 6.1. I am using following command to backup my system
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6. SCO
I am trying to make a full backup of my system using the cpio command. The Tape Unit is a SCSI DDS.
The process started fine but after about 30 minutes, it just stopped and showed the following message:
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Hi,
I performed backup on tape and I want to append more files to my previous backup on the same backup tape. But before I do that I need to know the backup file size of the first backup I performed so that I know the available size on the backup tape. Can someone help me what command I will use... (0 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there: I'm new here
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I have DS15 Alpha server : Unix 5.1B
Now i need to connect a DLVT VS80 1U Rackmount Tape Drive unit.
What is the exact comman to mount the DLTape IV??
How do i make backuo @ copy file to the tape?
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9. Solaris
hello everybody...
i need some help ...
so... i need to do some backups from one solaris system and i dont know whitch is the best solution....to use tar or ufsdump...?
...and .... how can i restore files from tape if on the tape i have 2 sessions....how can i access second session....?
enough... (4 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can someone please.... help me how to install tape backup
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BACKUP_APROPOS(8) AFS Command Reference BACKUP_APROPOS(8)
NAME
backup_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string
SYNOPSIS
backup apropos -topic <help string> [-help]
backup ap -t <help string> [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The backup apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any backup command that has in its name or short
description the string specified by the -topic argument.
To display the syntax for a command, use the backup help command.
OPTIONS
-topic <help string>
Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only. If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double
quotes (" ") or other delimiters.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
OUTPUT
The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
backup command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line.
EXAMPLES
The following example lists all backup commands that include the word "tape" in their names or short descriptions:
% backup apropos tape
labeltape: label a tape
readlabel: read the label on tape
scantape: dump information recovery from tape
status: get tape coordinator status
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None
SEE ALSO
backup(8), backup_help(8)
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OpenAFS 2012-03-26 BACKUP_APROPOS(8)