Restoring Backups

[Kevin Burke_1]

Hi there,

We rotate our backups week1 day1 etc. What I need to know is if I put in a tape, is there a command (HP-UX 9000) that will fire out the date on the tape?? Coz I don't want to restore for 2 hours and then find I've gotton the wrong date.

Thanks

Kevin

[Jeff_Traigle]

That's going to be a function of the software you're using to do your backups. Basic tar, cpio, etc. don't write that kind of information on the tape so you better keep good manual records of what tape was used when. I'm not sure if fbackup does or not. It would be mentioned in the man page if it does. More advanced backup applications like Netbackup or Omniback, will tell you which tape you need for a restore from a particular date and tell you if you got the wrong one because they write it as part of the information in the catalog on the tape.

[Jeff_Traigle]

If it is fbackup, check out the -V option on frecover to read the volume header on the tape. Looks like the start time of the backup is recorded there.

[Kevin Burke_1]

Thanks for that Jeff

[Kevin Burke_1]

We use the cpio command Jeff