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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:27 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Tape Backup
>
>
> On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 10:18 AM, Nick Lindsell
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> >> The main rea
> I'd like to mount my tape as file system to browse datas. Do someone can
> help me ?
I don't think you can. However, if it contains a tar archive, you can
just to tar tf /tape/drive > file and browse the file.
Jon
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> Thanks,
>
> Julien
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On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 10:18 AM, Nick Lindsell wrote:
The main reason is that, in order to do this you really need a
high-speed random access device. Tape drives are neither high
speed (at least not the speed you really need) nor are they
random access (they are sequential access).
Perh
> The main reason is that, in order to do this you really need a high-
> speed random access device. Tape drives are neither high speed (at
> least
> not the speed you really need) nor are they random access (they are
> sequential access).
>
> Perhaps someone has written a tape driver that will
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Julien MIONI wrote:
I'd like to mount my tape as file system to browse datas. Do someone
can
help me ?
There was only ever one tape subsystem that *I* knew of that allowed
you to mount it and view it as a file system, and that was the (now-
ancient) DECt
Julien MIONI wrote:
I'd like to mount my tape as file system to browse datas.
Even if it is possible, the performance would be abysmal as the access
to blocks on the tape is sequential, not random. You may want to find a
disk with empty space to restore it to.
What format was the data writte
Hi guys,
I'd like to mount my tape as file system to browse datas. Do someone can
help me ?
Thanks,
Julien
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On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 21:10, Peter Kiem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a script in a customer site which performs a backup to tape and
> then tries to verify the backup. This is my script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "rewinding tape"
> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> echo "retensioning tape"
> mt -f /dev/st0 retens
Hi,
> Are you running the script as root?
Yes, out of cron each night.
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Peter Kiem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a script in a customer site which performs a backup to tape and
> then tries to verify the backup. This is my script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "rewinding tape"
> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> echo "retensioning tape"
> mt -f /dev/st0 retension
> e
Hi,
I have a script in a customer site which performs a backup to tape and
then tries to verify the backup. This is my script:
#!/bin/bash
echo "rewinding tape"
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
echo "retensioning tape"
mt -f /dev/st0 retension
echo "starting backup"
tar -cpf /dev/st0 --verify --files-from
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Subject: OT Tape Backup
This isnt directly related to RedHat, but I figured someone could give
me a direction to go in. We are a small company (only 7-8 server) All
RedHat except for 1 Win2k server. We are growwing out of our backup
schemes as 1 of the servers w
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 10:04, Richard Humphrey wrote:
> This isnt directly related to RedHat, but I figured someone could give
> me a direction to go in. We are a small company (only 7-8 server) All
> RedHat except for 1 Win2k server. We are growwing out of our backup
> schemes as 1 of the servers w
This isnt directly related to RedHat, but I figured someone could give
me a direction to go in. We are a small company (only 7-8 server) All
RedHat except for 1 Win2k server. We are growwing out of our backup
schemes as 1 of the servers we have can only backup 20GB of data and we
have surpassed tha
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 11:04, Richard Humphrey wrote:
> This isnt directly related to RedHat, but I figured someone could give
> me a direction to go in. We are a small company (only 7-8 server) All
> RedHat except for 1 Win2k server. We are growwing out of our backup
> schemes as 1 of the servers w
| Okay, I have two questions that are not on topic.
| 1) Any good open source backup software?
|
| I'm currently using dump and tar. I like the simplicity of dump but I
| would like to be able to get all my volumes on one tape. I think you can
| do this if you forward your position before you s
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Okay, I have two questions that are not on topic.
1) Any good open source backup software?
Amanda.
http://www.amanda.org/
I'm currently using dump and tar. I like the simplicity of dump but I
would like to be able to get all my volumes on one tape. I think you can
do this if you forward your p
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Okay, I have two questions that are not on topic.
1) Any good open source backup software?
I&#
Okay, I have two questions that are not on topic.
1) Any good open source backup software?
I'm currently using dump and tar. I like the simplicity of dump but I
would like to be able to get all my volumes on one tape. I think you can
do this if you forward your position before you start the ne
On Mar 22 Oct 2002 20:36, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 17:46, Chad Skinner wrote:
> > Can someone list a few of the tools I need to learn to do tape backups? I
> > don't know where to start ... what are the best docs to read.
> >
> > Chad
>
> some tools that are used are
> tar archi
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Chad Skinner wrote:
> Can someone list a few of the tools I need to learn to do tape backups? I
> don't know where to start ... what are the best docs to read.
>
> Chad
A web site I'd recommend is www.backupcentral.com. The guy that started
the site also wrote a O'Reilly
On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 17:46, Chad Skinner wrote:
> Can someone list a few of the tools I need to learn to do tape backups? I
> don't know where to start ... what are the best docs to read.
>
> Chad
>
some tools that are used are
tar archiving software
cpioarchiving software
dumparc
Can someone list a few of the tools I need to learn to do tape backups? I
don't know where to start ... what are the best docs to read.
Chad
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x27;em) for a good tape
> backup drive for use in our company. i'm looking at about 50gb backup
> weekly. any suggestions?
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> starving programmer
>
> there are no innocents.
> it is all of us together by a
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 16:13, daniel wrote:
> i'm looking for suggestions (and prices if you've got 'em) for a good tape
> backup drive for use in our company. i'm looking at about 50gb backup
> weekly. any suggestions?
I don't know if I would call them cheap b
i'm looking for suggestions (and prices if you've got 'em) for a good tape
backup drive for use in our company. i'm looking at about 50gb backup
weekly. any suggestions?
_
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starving programmer
there are no innocents.
it i
In most cases, you can't mount a tape device like a file system. You can
access it via tar, cpio, dump...various other archiving and backup/restore
packages.
On 30 Jul 2002, Salvador Diaz wrote:
> i have a Tape Backup Scsi from Archive model Python 04106-XXX Rev 7550
> but i can&
On 30 Jul 2002, Salvador Diaz wrote:
> i have a Tape Backup Scsi from Archive model Python 04106-XXX Rev 7550
> but i can't mount the device. i can see from genome in /dev/st0 but does
> not appear in fstab file.
> What i have to do for mount the device and anybody knows about a
i have a Tape Backup Scsi from Archive model Python 04106-XXX Rev 7550
but i can't mount the device. i can see from genome in /dev/st0 but does
not appear in fstab file.
What i have to do for mount the device and anybody knows about any
software for Gnome that can work for backup, i'
On 7/10/02 6:08 PM, "Apolinaras Sinkevicius" [EMAIL PROTECTED] pressed the
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> I have APS HyperDAT tape drive which is not that
> young, it does take though DDS2 tapes, also it is on
> SCSI II interface. I think it has Python 28388 drive
> in it.
> How do I install this ta
I have APS HyperDAT tape drive which is not that
young, it does take though DDS2 tapes, also it is on
SCSI II interface. I think it has Python 28388 drive
in it.
How do I install this tape drive on my system?
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> > "k" == kcsmart writes:
>
> k> On Tue, 14 May 2002 05:58:04 -0500
> k> "scott.list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> I like BRU. I've had excellent results from it.
> >www.estinc.com
>
> k>
> "k" == kcsmart writes:
k> On Tue, 14 May 2002 05:58:04 -0500
k> "scott.list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I like BRU. I've had excellent results from it. www.estinc.com
k> And I got a cheap personal edition on Ebay. Around $30+s&h.
The only problem with most of these
im Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Mailing List - Redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:22 PM
> > Subject: Tape Backup Software
> >
> >
> > > I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seaga
I like BRU. I've had excellent results from it. www.estinc.com
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> From: "Jim Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mailing List - Redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:22 PM
> Subject: Tape
: Mailing List - Redhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Tape Backup Software
>
> I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seagate 4g/8g Tape Backup
> Drive and Veritas Tape Backup Software. Is there software that is comparable to
> Veritas for Linux so that maybe I c
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> I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seagate 4g/8g Tape
Backup
> Drive and Veritas Tape Backup Software. Is there software that is
comparable to
> Veritas for Linux so that
Hello Jim,
Look at Arcserve. Veritas should also have a Linux part ?
Cheers,
Pieter
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Bru is an excellent piece of software we've used it on many severs with
great results
http://www.tolisgroup.com/
Mike
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I just m
t me to. The install and
configure docs are pretty cook book. I don't care much for the
FAQ-O-Matic on the web site.
Good luck.
Patrick
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 14:22, Jim Hale wrote:
> I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seagate 4g/8g Tape Backup
> Drive and Veritas
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 06:41:45PM -0500, Jim Hale wrote:
> Problem with that is, I spent enough on the Veritas that I don't want to
> have to spend anymore. :P
Most vendors will give you equivalent credit if changing platforms. Look at
it as not losing your existing investment in Veritas.
No,
used to it.
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On 18:41 13 May 2002, Jim Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Problem with that is, I spent enough on the Veritas that I don't want to
| have to spend anymore. :P
Well, AMANDA is one of the more common free UNIX backup systems:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/amanda/?topic_id=137
It may not
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>
>
> On Monday 13 May 2002 02:22, you wrote:
> > I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seagate
> 4g/8g Tape
>
On Monday 13 May 2002 02:22, you wrote:
> I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seagate 4g/8g Tape
> Backup Drive and Veritas Tape Backup Software. Is there software that is
> comparable to Veritas for Linux so that maybe I can move another server
> OVER to Linux?
I'm currently using a Win2K Advanced Server with a Seagate 4g/8g Tape Backup
Drive and Veritas Tape Backup Software. Is there software that is comparable to
Veritas for Linux so that maybe I can move another server OVER to Linux?
Thanks!
Jim Hale
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Well, pretty much any SCSI tape backup unit should work just fine.
As to software, there's dump, tar, cpio, or Amanda, just to name a
few...and the first 3 are usually installed by default.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Chris Mason wrote:
> I want to put together a rack mount server, 2U/3U,
I want to put together a rack mount server, 2U/3U, to run a small
company's office of ten users. The server will run a windows network,
PDC, WINS, DNS, IMAP, and needs a tape backup unit.
The config I think would be best would be a RH 7.2 install on a Pentium
1Ghz, 256 MB, mirrored 80 G
ver 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 the
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
> b
ail 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 ne
Is there a filesize limit with samba 2.0.10?
I know that the 2G limit was removed from 2.4 kernels.
I'm trying to figure out why making a tape backup of a large tar.gz
package from a smbmounted win2k share fails (the process just freezes and
I can't access the smbmounted share anym
Yes, but I thought I read that you can't use dump anymore on with 2.4
Linux kernels because of potential filesystem corruption problems.
Dave
> From: Rick Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> dump. It is the old Berkeley filesystem backup program. Sun's ufsdump
> is merely
dump. It is the old Berkeley filesystem backup program. Sun's ufsdump
is merely their update of the same program.
- rick warner
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, dfp10 wrote:
> Hello!
> I have been using the following script for Solaris and need to find linux
> equivalents for the following programs:
Hello!
I have been using the following script for Solaris and need to find linux
equivalents for the following programs:
ufsdump (dumpe2fs?)
prtvtoc
and there are several more that I am not sure about.
Thanks,
Don Parsons
#!/bin/sh
# @(#) backup-script 1.2 95
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Bret Hughes wrote:
> I have used amanda for about a year and A half now. I have only had to
> revcover files that I accidently deleted well, one time most of a 10GB
> partiton rm -f is not your friend in all cases :) Any way I believe the
> amanda approcah is not necessaril
"Martin A. Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anybody seen amanda? www.amanda.org. Pretty cool!!!
It's included in Red Hat Linux 7 and above.
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Has anybody seen amanda? www.amanda.org. Pretty cool!!!
Mensaje citado por: Wayne Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Here at my office, we use Arkeia. Since I had never dealt with backup
> software, it took me a while to understand how to run it properly, but
> once I got that down, everything has bee
Reiner Buehl wrote:
>
> I am also looking for a good and free backup program but I would ave to
> save Win98/Win2000 boxes as well s some unix boxes. I saw that amanda uses
> samba to backup windows boxes. Does this work for disaster recoveries? Or
> is there a real Win32 client (freely) availabl
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Need good tape backup software
>
>
> I am also looking for a good and free backup program but I
> would ave to
> save Win98/Win2000 boxes as well s some unix boxes. I saw
> that amanda uses
>
,
Reiner.
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>
> I like amanda. Free,
I need a good reliable program for Backup and Recovery of my office server.
Any Recommendations? Anything I should stay away from?
TIA
Steve
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I like amanda. Free, well supported, cross-Unix compatible. RPM's come
with Red Hat. Bit of a learning curve but well worth it IMHO.
Steve Gulick wrote:
>
> I need a good reliable program for Backup and Recovery of my office server.
>
> Any Recommendations? Anything I should stay away from?
Here at my office, we use Arkeia. Since I had never dealt with backup
software, it took me a while to understand how to run it properly, but
once I got that down, everything has been running well.
They also have a free edition, as long as you only want to back up the
linux server and 2 clients. Y
browse the Yahoo! auctions - I picked up a Connor SCSI2 4/8 GB external
SCSI drive and 5 TR-4 tapes for $50.
Works great in Win2K, and KBackup.
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Hi
I need a good, free, tape backup program for linux. Very simple, console
based that I can use in a cron job for daily backups and it needs to work
with a HP T20 SCSI tape drive (but I know that is all low level drivers).
Anyone know of such a beast?
Thanks,
Bryan
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Brian,
You'll have to backup a *huge* file with only binary zeroes in it... :-)
Gustav
Brian Anderson wrote:
> That's the one. When it was hooked up to a Win98 machine, the most it ever
> got on one tape was 14.5 gig. So the 24GB labels on the HP tapes are just
> a tease :)
>
> I love marketin
Brian,
Brian Anderson wrote:
> > 12G is a LOT for one tape
>
> True, but it gets really annoying when there's 13 gig to back up :)
I do see your point, but...
*Most* systems tend to increase the data volume over time. Let's say
that you manage to increase the storage volume on the one si
Brian Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If it's an HP DAT24 12Gb is native, 24Gb compressed, although I don't know
>> *anyone* who'se ever gotten 2:1 compression. I average about 50 - 65%.
>That's the one. When it was hooked up to a Win98 machine, the most it ever
>got on one tape was 14.5
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Eric Sisler wrote:
> If it's an HP DAT24 12Gb is native, 24Gb compressed, although I don't know
> *anyone* who'se ever gotten 2:1 compression. I average about 50 - 65%.
That's the one. When it was hooked up to a Win98 machine, the most it ever
got on one tape was 14.5 gig.
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Yoink! wrote:
> You might get 2 to 3 percent compression of a mpg if it is a very efficient
> algorithm. Forget anothing over that. Don't bother to compress compressed
> data again.
yeah... just for fun, i tried gzip -9, and dropped from 3,5600K to
3,5500K.
> > Esse
Brian Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hardware compression... How can I tell if it's enabled / disabled /
>working correctly.
I don't know of anyway to tell, unless there's some hardware diagnostics
that came with the tape drive. (Which probably won't run under Linux
anyhow.) I'd say that
AFAIK, there should be two different devices for your tape drive, one for
compressed writes and another for uncompressed rights. I'd point you at a
HowTo or something, but linuxdoc.org changed their site layout (*again*)
and I can't find a search box. (Wish they wouldn't do that)
Anyways, I wo
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Brian Anderson wrote:
> Hardware compression... How can I tell if it's enabled / disabled /
> working correctly.
>
> I got a tape drive from a friend. It is listed as being a 12/24 gig DAT. I
> am currently only getting 12 gig of data on it. Currently I'm backing up
> with a
Hardware compression... How can I tell if it's enabled / disabled /
working correctly.
I got a tape drive from a friend. It is listed as being a 12/24 gig DAT. I
am currently only getting 12 gig of data on it. Currently I'm backing up
with a simple tar script...
I know very little about tape dr
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Ed Lazor wrote:
>
> Hi =)
>
> What's the best tape backup software available for linux that's free?
tar -czvf
> What's the best tape backup software available for linux that costs money?
bru
> Is there any tape backup software for linu
Hello Ed Lazor,
Once you wrote about "Tape Backup Software":
>
> What's the best tape backup software available for linux that's free?
> What's the best tape backup software available for linux that costs money?
> Is there any tape backup software for
Hello Ed,
Monday, November 22, 1999, 7:46:14 PM, you wrote:
Lazor> Which software packages do you use to interact with your cd-rom
Lazor> burner and the DDS3 tape backup unit?
I use XCDRoast almost exclusively, which is basically just a front end
to the mkisofs and cdrecord comman
Hi =)
What's the best tape backup software available for linux that's free?
What's the best tape backup software available for linux that costs money?
Is there any tape backup software for linux that will allow people to go in
and restore their own files?
Thanks in advance =
Hi Jim (and everyone else on the RedHat list) =)
I'm following up on the purchase of this equipment and wanted
to start preparing for the actual installation and configuration.
Which software packages do you use to interact with your cd-rom
burner and the DDS3 tape backup unit?
Becau
Hello,
I was wondering if I could get a recommendation on a decent tape drive
for an x86 Linux machine. I would rather stay away from DAT due to it's
high cost. Thanks!
Ryan Berry
Here's my PGP encryption Key:
-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Version: 4.5
mQCPAjWJVygAAAE
lems whatsoever. I use the tape primarily for tape backups of the local machine and another server which I mount (nfs) for that purpose.
However, with the new configuration, I now get frequent error messages following a tape backup (using 'find' & 'cpio'). I sometimes get
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
I just recieved at ditto easy 800 insider. I have it installed (it works
under windows), but am not sure how to go about doing it under linux. I
did go and get the current ftape (3.03a), but it's documentation is a
little too greek for me starting at
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