Hi
Below is some replies which I have received for questions above.
Thank you.
Have a nice day.
Regards
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Chua Koon Teck
Singapore Telecom
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My original question:
I have a 20GByte 4mm Tape Auto-Loader mounted on my SparcStation 20. I
would like to make use of this SparcStation to backup a few of my Dec
Servers which are not equipped with any tape drive. All my Dec servers
uses ufs as well as afs.
Can someone recommend me a backup solution ? This is because I tried
using a remote vdump but it seems that the SparcStation does not
recognize Advanced File System of Dec. I have also thought of using
NetWorker, but the NetWorker for Sun does not have a OSF1 NetWorker's client.
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Replies :
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 07:59:48 -0600
From: "Alan Rollow - Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes."
<alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com>
To: koonteck_at_singnet.com.sg
Subject: Re: Using SparcStation to backup Dec Servers
If you're running something like:
rsh alpha-system vdump 0f sun:tape-drive file-set
the real problem is that vdump doesn't support the rmt
protocol. What you may be able to do is:
rsh alpha vdump 0f - file-set | dd of=tape-drive
You'll probably need a bs= option on the dd(1) command to
convert from the pipe block size to a reasonable tape
block size.
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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 09:57:05 BST
From: Simon Greaves <censjg_at_caledonia.hw.ac.uk>
To: Chua Koon Teck <koonteck_at_singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Re: Using SparcStation to backup Dec Servers
>I have a 20GByte 4mm Tape Auto-Loader mounted on my SparcStation 20. I
>would like to make use of this SparcStation to backup a few of my Dec
>Servers which are not equipped with any tape drive. All my Dec servers
>uses ufs as well as afs.
Don't think vdump/vrestore supports remote dumping.
>Can someone recommend me a backup solution ? This is because I tried
>using a remote vdump but it seems that the SparcStation does not
>recognize Advanced File System of Dec. I have also thought of using
>NetWorker, but the NetWorker for Sun does not have a OSF1 NetWorker's
client.
Networker should work, you would need the full server license for the Sun and
client licenses for the Alpha's. Since the Sun and DEC supplied versions are
both licensed from Legato anyway they should interoperate (check before you
buy though), also, I think DEC actuall sell the Sun versions anyway.
Simon Greaves
censjg_at_caledonia.hw.ac.uk
DDI: +44 (0)131 451 3265 Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3261A
Received on Wed Aug 16 1995 - 12:05:01 NZST