[Sunhelp] Backup help!

Wed Sep 13 04:19:34 CDT 2000

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	This is what we do here, The tape drive is attached to one box and
the tape drive is on another.
	If you'd like the commands I can send them to you along with the
restore stuff if you need that.

>  
> Why not ufsdump directly across the network to the remote tape drive?
> 
> From the "ufsdump" manpage on solaris 7:
> 
>      f dump_file
>                Dump file.  Use dump_file as the file to dump  to,
>                instead  of  /dev/rmt/0. If dump_file is specified
>                as -, dump to standard output.
>                If  the  name  of  the  file  is   of   the   form
>                machine:device,  the  dump is done from the speci-
>                fied machine over the network using rmt(1M). Since
>                ufsdump   is normally run by root, the name of the
>                local machine must appear in the /.rhosts file  of
>                the  remote  machine.  If the file is specified as
>                user at machine:device,ufsdump  will attempt to  exe-
>                cute  as the specified user on the remote machine.
>                The specified user must have a .rhosts file on the
>                remote  machine  that allows the user invoking the
>                command from  the  local  machine  to  access  the
>                remote machine.
> 
> (last time I did this, however, I just used SSH to pipe the output
>  of ufsdump to stdout through ssh then redirected that into a 
>  fifo buffer program and from there to DLT...)
> 
> Bill
> 
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This is what we do =
here, The tape drive is attached to one box and the tape drive is on =
another.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">If you'd like the =
commands I can send them to you along with the restore stuff if you =
need that.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Why not ufsdump directly across the =
network to the remote tape drive?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">From the "ufsdump" manpage =
on solaris 7:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(last time I did this, however, I just =
used SSH to pipe the output</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> of ufsdump to stdout through =
ssh then redirected that into a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> fifo buffer program and from =
there to DLT...)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Bill</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">+-------------------\ =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">| Bill =
Bradford      |  www.sunhelp.org |</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">| mrbill at mrbill.net  =
|   www.decvax.org |</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">| Austin, Texas USA  =
|    www.pdp11.org |</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">+-------------------/ =
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