remote tar

[Steve Reynolds]

I would like to tar to a tape drive that
is connected to another host.
Can this be accomplished?

Thanks

[Sandor Horvath_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi !

Try it :
find ... | tar cvf - | remsh host "dd of=/dev/rmt/0m obs=10k"

regards, Saa

[melvyn burnard]

if you are not tied down to using tar, you could use fbackup, as this is designed to do exactly that.
man fbackup

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi Steve,

The command given by Sandor will work...
providing your systems are properly setup for remote commands.
Make sure that on the remote system (with the tape drive), the /.rhosts file (if you are root) has an entry for the system you're archiving files from.

Best regards,

Dan

PS: the find isn't absolutely necessary, you may use tar 'as-is' like in
tar cvf - file [file|directory] ... | remsh remote_host -n "dd of=/dev/rmt/xxx obs=10K"

[Darrel Louis]

Hi,

Try the following:
a. To write remotely on that machines /dev/rmt/0m

tar cv . | remsh dd of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=10k

b. To read remotely on remote's /dev/rmt/0m

remsh dd if=/dev/rmt/0m |tar xvf -

Good Luck

[Steve Reynolds]

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it.
I had done the remote fbackup, but the user
in this case has their mind set on tar.

[Richard Darling]

I backup files from my g40 to my L1000 using fbackup from SAM. I have the g40 directory to backup mounted on the L1000 using NFS. In the "Select Backup Scope" screen I select "Cross NFS Mounts - YES", and enter the files I want to backup. For example; I have the /tmp directory from the g40 mounted as /tmp/g40. The entry to backup would then be:
/tmp/g40/.

Hope this helps...RD