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1. AIX
Hi all
The situation is as follows:
We need to take an mksysb image from an AIX 6.1 server. From some reason (irrelevant to this discussion) this server does not have access to a local CD-ROM or a tape drive. We do have another server with AIX 6.1 (but different technology level) which got access... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: abohmeed
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2. SCO
Hi.
I have this old server onto which i needed to list the content of a tape. This is a SCO box (SCO_SV 3.2 5.0.6 i386) and backup was done using cpio.
#tape status
status : ready beginning-of-tape
soft errors : 0
hard errors : 0
underruns : 0
#dtype /dev/rct0
/dev/rct0 ... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Stephan
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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
Hi,
I was wondering, If I take a backup using cpio to tape from UNIX, can I extract data on windows box using cpio for windows? Anybody ever do this?
Thanks. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: yonez
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5. 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)
now i want to Backup DATA file and System File in Tape Drive.
How do I take data and... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: thepurple
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6. Solaris
Hello Everybody
I have two servers, name A & B. I need to take a backup of one directory(/girish) on serverA. But my tape drive is in serverB through tar command. But when I run the following command it doesn't take the backup. Could any one correct my command to take a backup
tar cvf - ... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: girish.batra
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7. Solaris
I am currently using tar to backup a server that has 9gb of data.
This is fine and works fine, as part of this I send the backup to a remote tape on a remote server using rsh..
This is not very secure though is it?
Whats the best idea here - is there another way I should do this to be more... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: frustrated1
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have two main servers which are both hpux. the problem is that i only have single dat drive to use with my backup (using tar command). it always takes me alot of time to perform this activity since the backup can only be done one at a time. there are other hpux box with a dat drive attached on... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: inquirer
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I am trying to perform a remote tape backup from one SCO openserver to another remote SCO Openserver which happens to have a tape drive configured.
I have added entries into host.equiv and .rhosts on the tape drive server:
prodution_server root # This is equivalent to the hostname and... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: cstovall
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Needing to perform a backup of one system to the tape unit on another system. Why, well because the local tape device is stuffed and I desparately need to have a backup completed successfully sooner rather than not at all.
My question is how do I set the below code to allow me to perform... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Cameron
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