----- Original Message ----- > Hello all, i am currently looking for an easy way to backup files with my > scsi HP surestore. Is there a way i can treat this device as a hard drive, > or floppy? > If so what commands should i go MAN'n ? I would rather stay away from amanda > and the like and just write scripts to do what i want using commands. Any > help on this is appreciated.. Let me give you the big pic and perhaps you > can give me some insite... > > I will be taking the files that need backing up from my ns1 ns2 web and mail > server tar'n them up PGP'n them and sending them off to a backup server > which is just an email server with security to let no one in cept those > servers. This way i can have 1 email per server per day of its important > files and having tons of history behind it as in days. I then want to tape > backup my /var/spool/mail dir every day or whatever.. well the tape part of > something i have never done before.. PLEASE HELP! ;)
I think you mean't 'woes', but believe it should be 'woooaahh' - as in hold your horses. Before I answer your question regarding the tape drive, I must advise you to *not* do this via email. It's imply a very bad idea for many reasons - search the archives for a recent thread regarding large attachments. Use scp or something else instead. Now, the commands you are interested in rtfming are 'mt' and 'tar'. You can search the archives (http://www.prairienet.org/redhat) for more complete descriptions, but basically.. your tape should be /dev/st0, but you might find it useful to make a symlink to it as /dev/tape. mt lets you manipulate the tape - rewind, retention, check it's status, skip around archives etc. tar puts things on tape. these two tools can be used effectively to create your own backup scripts. hth charles _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
