system image

[Louis Masucci]

if the tape device is on another system can you use
/opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery -A -d :/dev/rmt/0m ?

[Brian M. Fisher]

I believe make_recovery will only work on a locally installed tape drive.

Brian
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[Andreas Voss]

Hi,

the answer is NO !
You cannot use a remote tape device with make_recovery.
You can use make_net_recovery but this writes an image to a remote directory not to a device.

Regards

Andrew

[Vincente Fernandes]

make_recovery tape can be created only on local drive. Instead you can installed an external tape drive borrowed temporarily from some other servers if you have one.

[Louis Masucci]

thanks .......

[George A Bodnar]

However, you could use the make_net_recovery to backup to the server with a tape drive.

We currently use this tool for a number of tapeless clients and then backup the archives to tape using Omniback.

Adds an extra layer into the recovery, but saves a good bit in tape drive costs.