backup

[Fadia Almarei]

i have hp unix 10.20 and i want to do remote restore for this server from a tape drive connected to another server which is hp 10.20 also , please quick help , i need what files i must change to do this backup

[Michael Tully]

First we need to know what format the tape is written in.

[Fadia Almarei]

it is dds2

[Steve Steel]

Hi

I assume fbackup frecover



Restore from remote drive

/etc/frecover -xi/directory -f remote_name:/dev/rmt/0m

Remote restore, local drive

remsh remote_name " /etc/frecover -xi/directory \
-f local_name:/dev/rmt/0m"


Steve Steel

[Fadia Almarei]

but the backup done by the tar command

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Use tar xvf to restore on one system and ftp the restored data to transfer to another system.

sks

[Steve Steel]

Hi

Bad choice as slow but this should work
to restore a `tar' tape from a remote computer that owns a compatible drive.

cd /relative_path

remsh name -l user dd if=/dev/rmt/0m bs=10k | tar xvf -


You may do well to use tar tvf to check it but it works for me


Steve Steel

[Fadia Almarei]

please explain the command deeply i do not know what to use

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

To backup: tar cvf /dev/rmt/0m files_names
To restore: tar xvf /dev/rmt/0m files_names
To Verify: tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m

Refer man tar pages for more details.


sks

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Check this link for more inputs:

http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/web/info/HowTo/tape.html


sks

[Steve Steel]

Hi

Ok

cd /relative_path

cd to where you want to recover from

Then to test it

remsh name -l user dd if=/dev/rmt/0m bs=10k | tar tvf -

Should show what is on tape

If you see what you expect then

remsh name -l user dd if=/dev/rmt/0m bs=10k | tar xvf -


Will recover files


Steve Steel

[Eric Antunes]

...where name is the server name...