fbackup

[Kurtkarl]

Hi,

Would anyone know the script how to backup using a remote tape drive using fbackup? I could run a remote backup using tar and fbackup from sam. But I want to add something else which will work only if I run fbackup on command line.

Thanks in advance!!
joey

[Denver Osborn · Accepted solution]

with fbackup specify "-f hostname:/device"

# fbackup -f myhost:/dev/rmt/0m -i /root

[Kurtkarl]

Denver,

Thanks it works. I guess, I made a wrong approach when I tried to run it.

jose

[Bill Hassell]

Just a note about setting up remote fbackup and frecover. Unlike disks, tapes cannot be exported so to use the syntax: -f remotehost:/dev/rmt/remote_tape, the remote system must be configured to allow root remsh/rlogin capability, that is, create and edit .rhosts to allow root to remsh to the remote system.

Once this is the case (make sure .rhosts is 600 permissions, owned by root), then remote fbackup and frecover will work.