System backup questions

From: Andy Stoffel <acs_at_campus.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 10:22:17 -0500 (EST)

[Pardon if these questions have come up before... I couldn't find any real
 answers to them in the list archives]

1 - Backing up the AdvFS to REMOTE tape drives: I've seen messages going
    back years in the archives with only two real solutions :

    a. Use vdump & pipe it to rsh + dd to the remote tape drive
       on another Unix machine
       (Examples in the archives for those who haven't seen it)

    b. Use Digital's PolyCenter/DECnsr (Network Save & Restore)

Q1: Has anyone been able to backup to a NON-Unix machine using method
    #a above or something similar ? I have a machine with OpenVMS
    and a TLZ887 + Multinet

Q2: Does anyone have an SPD or part number for Network Save & Restore ?
    I couldn't find it on Digital's web site(s) - except for Ultrix

2 - A related question:

Q: Has anyone (successfully) used rdump to back up to an OpenVMS/Multinet
    machine ?? rdump SEEMS to work but I get errors from rrestore & it dies
    and I don't have another similar tape drive to test the tape on
    (a TK88 aka CompacTape IV)

3 - A semi-related question

Q: I'm looking for a Digital Unix based backup solution for NT (ie.
   back up a bunch of NT servers to a Digital Unix server+ tape drive)

Thanks

-Andy-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andy Stoffel Consultant voice: (914) 574-4784
acs_at_campus.com http://acs.sunyrockland.edu/ fax: (914) 574-4354
Campus Consultants Group, Inc. A Campus America Company
[******* PGP public key: http://acs.sunyrockland.edu/pubkey.txt *******]
Received on Fri Apr 03 1998 - 17:24:34 NZST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed Nov 08 2023 - 11:53:37 NZDT