Restoring Tru64 unix vdump tape to HPUX.

[Henry_52]

Hi,

I want to restore Tru64 unix vdump backup tape to HPUX.
How can I do this ?
Please let me know.

Thank you.

Henry.

[Jannik]

I don't think it will work, have a look at this link:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=509991

[RAC_1]

I do'nt think this is possible. The problem is what is the format that vdump uses. Is there anything on hp-ux to read that format.

May be this will give some idea.
dd if=/dev/rmt/0m of=/tmp/vdump.file
Again the the block size is a problem. If you know the block size used in vdump you can give option of bs on dd command.

Once the file is copied, do
file /tmp/vdump_file

does it give something useful??

The chances are that it will not work.

Anil