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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)
Discussion started by: fretagi
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2. Solaris
dear experts,
usually when i backup to my tape drive i use
tar cv now is there a way to add a password to that tape drive i cant use hardware encryption because we are using LTO3.
another question if i would like to add a compression to the backup directory while backing up how can i do that? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: q8devilish
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3. 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
/usr/bin/mksysb '-m' '-V' '-i' /dev/rmt0
You can what i have in my root volume group in the atached file and and you can also see the backup information of... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: salmanucit
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I tell how much tape is left (or how much tape has been used) after doing a backup? My system is on Solaris 5.8. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shorty
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5. 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:
1755 Signal 31 - Core dumped
Any idea of what is causing this and how to fix it?
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: zionpc
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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)
Discussion started by: ayhanne
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there: I'm new here
Can anyone help me:
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?
Thanx to all (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: ayzeayem
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8. 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)
Discussion started by: nich007
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a script which runs overnight to backup a database into a tar file. I then gzip the file and send it off to a tape device.
The command I'm using for the tape backup is
tar cvf /dev/rmt/0n /var/dbbackup/${FILE}.gz
I thought the n meant no rewind so the next file is copied to tape... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mattd
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can someone please.... help me how to install tape backup
I am using FreeBSD Unix version running on I386 PC box. My IDE tape device is made by HP (Colorado 5GB).
Thank you in advance! (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: jackpotp
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