tape dump mount timeouts

From: John Baylis <jbaylis_at_canfor.ca>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 14:39:59 -0800

DU 4.0B

I am running the dump command via cron during the evening to do backups.
However, the volume of backup data requires a second tape. Since there is no
operator on duty at that time, the job times out waiting for the tape mount.
Is there a way for the dump command to not timeout and allow the operator to
reply to the tape mount message in the morning after mounting a second tape?
Can a script solve this problem?

I can use rdump to dump to a remote server with a higher capacity tape.
Rdump does not work with ADvFS file systems. Is there a remote option for
the vdump command similar to rdump?

Thanks in advance.

John
Received on Thu Nov 27 1997 - 23:32:21 NZDT

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