SUMMARY:vdump - one file system per tape?

From: Robert Kubarych <rkubaryc_at_sunyrockland.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 10:15:48 -0400 (EDT)

Thanks to all who responded. The consensus was to us the mt command to
navigate the tape.

Most of the responses were like this:

You can put multiple vdump's on one tape. We do it by using the -N
option on vdump, just like you did. To access the dumps past the
first I use 'mt'. Checkout the man page for 'mt'.

Example:

  If I want the third file system on a tape:

# mt fsf 2 <- skips (fast forward) 2 dumps
# vrestore -i

Hope this helps,
odk

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