Problems with remote vdump.

From: Hernan Ricardo Romero <hromero_at_venus.javeriana.edu.co>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 14:36:50 +0500

Hi everybody.

I have 5 DEC WorkStations running DU 4.0, only one of these has a tape
drive (DAT 4mm), I am using vdump to make backup of nfs-mounted file
systems and it works fine.

I found in the osf-managers archive some messages that instruct how to
use vdump remotely but i does not work.

I used the following commands.

For backup:

# vdump -0v -b 60 -f - -D /etc | rsh <STATION_WITH_TAPE_DRIVE> dd
of=/dev/rmt0h bs=60k

and for restore:

# rsh <STATION_WITH_TAPE_DRIVE> dd if=/dev/rmt0h obs=60k | vrestore -i
-f - -D /tmp/etc

And the output message is:

vrestore: unable to use save-set; invalid or corrupt format

Any suggestions?
Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 19:34:54 NZST

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