https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-tru64-unix/how-to-restore-opt-form-tape/m-p/3679202#M14211 hi all,<BR /><BR />i have ES40 server with Tru64 v5.1 installed. i have /opt and /var backup on tape and i want to restore only complete /opt from tape at another node (ES40 Tru64 v5.1 2nd node) can some one help me to find out how to restore?<BR /><BR />thanks in advance<BR /><BR />SiaL Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:29:11 GMT Sial_1 2005-11-25T15:29:11Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-tru64-unix/how-to-restore-opt-form-tape/m-p/3679202#M14211 hi all,<BR /><BR />i have ES40 server with Tru64 v5.1 installed. i have /opt and /var backup on tape and i want to restore only complete /opt from tape at another node (ES40 Tru64 v5.1 2nd node) can some one help me to find out how to restore?<BR /><BR />thanks in advance<BR /><BR />SiaL Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:29:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-tru64-unix/how-to-restore-opt-form-tape/m-p/3679202#M14211 Sial_1 2005-11-25T15:29:11Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-tru64-unix/how-to-restore-opt-form-tape/m-p/3679203#M14212 It depends of how you did the backup.<BR /><BR />If you used tar to make the backup, you need to run:<BR /><BR />Identify the tape device name with:<BR /><BR />hwmgr v d<BR /><BR />Then run<BR /><BR />tar xvf /dev/tape/tapeNc /opt<BR /><BR />You can use the s option to avoid overwriting the current data and restore the files into the current directory.<BR /><BR />If you made the backup with vdump, first you need to position the tape in the right position:<BR /><BR />mt -f /dev/tape/tapeNc fsf <NUMBER><BR /><BR />Then use:<BR /><BR />vrestore -xf /dev/tape/tape0c -D /opt</NUMBER> Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:37:13 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-tru64-unix/how-to-restore-opt-form-tape/m-p/3679203#M14212 Ivan Ferreira 2005-11-25T16:37:13Z