Thanks,
Thanks to all who responded to my question of how to direct "vdump" to a
remote DAT drive in order to backup Advance File Systems on workstations
without local tape drives.
I found that the following command worked for my particular setup (which
was also suggested by Jean Schuller):
vdump -0 -u -b 60 -f - /usr | rsh my_alpha dd of=/dev/rmt0h bs=60k
The key to success was to specify the 1024-blocking factor in both
"vdump" and "dd". Although, MAN page for vdump (DU 4.0c) indicated that
the default blocking was 60 I couldn't get a successful "vrestore"
without explicitly specifying the blocking factor (-b 60) in the "vdump"
command.
Regards, Gary
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Gary A. Linford, SAG Computer/Network Manager
linford_at_lmsal.com or gary.a.linford_at_lmco.com
Lockheed Martin ATC, Palo Alto CA ph:(650)-354-5501, FAX:(650)-424-3994
Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 18:26:49 NZST