fbackup

[Prathap_1]

Hi
Can anyone give me the syntax of extracting the desired file from the tape if the backup was performed using fbackup.

Thanks
Prathap.

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

First you want to retrieve the index to find out the exact path of the file that was backed up, the you frecover it. Example ..

# cd /tmp
# frecover -I index -f /dev/rmt/0m
# cat index | grep
==> take note of the path
# frecover -x -f /dev/rmt/0m -F -i

This will retrive that particular file and place it in /tmp.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Pratap,

I normally use a graph file, say the graph file "gph.file" is in /tmp

the file is in format,

i /path/file_to_extract

Then do a frecover and use the graph file,

frecovery -Fxv -f /dev/rmt/0m -g /tmp/gph.file

since the -F option is used, the file will get extracted to the current directory and not to its original path. Do a "man frecover" for more info.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Krishna Prasad]

Here is one without a graph file

frecover -x -f /dev/rmt/0m -i /tmp/yourfile -o -v.

The -o will overide /tmp/yourfile if it exists.