duplicate tapes

[Jimmy_13]

If i can two tape devices attached to mi server.
I can copy from tape to tape?

[Pete Randall]

You might have to do some tuning of block sizes but dd should work:

dd if=/dev/rmt/0m of=/dev/rmt/1m

Pete

[Pete Randall]

There is some further discussion/info in this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x5f6f972194d6d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html


Pete

[Ian Dennison_1]

Any particular reason why you want to do this?

If it is duplication of OmniBack Tapes for offsite purposes, you can copy them using the 'omnimcopy' command.

If you are backing up a mirror copy of data, it may be quicker to run the backup twice, instead of copying tapes.

Share and Enjoy! ian