Sybase command DUMP to remote drive

[Belinda Dermody]

I have a SYBASE server running 12.0 on a K200 system, the tape drive is down and it will be a couple of days till I get a replacement. Does the DUMP command have the capabilities to do a dump to a remote tape drive. I have tried the server:/dev/rmt/c3t0d0BESTn but it just sits there

[David Goldberg_1]

James,

You can dump the database across the network to a remote BackupServer. The syntax can be found at:

http://sybooks.sybase.com/onlinebooks/group-as/asg1200e/asesag/@ebt-link;pt=65043?target=%25N%15_65142_START_RESTART_N%25

It looks as if you may have the limitation that you must dump to a server running Sybase BackupServer in order for that to work.

Of course the other option is to dump to disk, and copy the disk files to the tape