About AS server

[peterchu]

I am not clear the relationship between linux AS server and RH server 9.0, in case I use cpio to backup file to a tape in AS server , then is it possible to restore these files on RH server 9.0 ? thx

[Martin P.J. Zinser · Accepted solution]

Hello Peter,

the distinction between the various Redhat offerings has more to do with services you buy, additional QA and maybe some add-on products than with any differences in basic utilities like cpio, tar or dump. There is no reason at all to expect that this would not work. Having said that, if the task at hand is important enough I would always test before comitting myself in production ;-)

Greetings, Martin

[peterchu]

thx martin,

If this is the case , I want to list out the file from the tape with cpio command , what can i do ? thx

[Steven E. Protter]

You should have no problem at all doing that.

Red Hat AS 3 is based on Red Hat 9. I've mostly found RH9 software works on AS 3

The only problem you would have is with device drivers. Simple files, no trouble at all.

SEP

[Jeroen Peereboom]

To list the file on tape use cpio -tv with additional flags like -c or -H odc to specify the format.

Check the man page and ask the creator of the tape how he/she did it.

JP

[peterchu]

When I tried to list out the file from the tape by the command "cpio -icBvt '*' < /dev/tape , it pop the error "cpio: read error: Input/output error" , is it the block size problem ? what is the possible reason that the tape can't be list ? thx