Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:16:21 -0600 From: Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net> To: sellis@telus.net Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tape backup from remote Message-ID: <40688415.8060206@buckhorn.net> In-Reply-To: <20040329183323.GC51870@telus.net> References: <20040329183323.GC51870@telus.net>
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Sean, Remote tape drives are native to FreeBSD. You just use rdump instead of dump. The man pages give most of the details, and the handbook has the rest. There are also scripting examples on mostgraveconcern and freebsddiary. You can email me off list if you need more help. Bob Martin Sean Ellis wrote: > Hello, > > I have a very general question about backing up to tape from a remote > computer. The tape drive is unfamiliar territory for me, and I'm looking > for recommendations for a sequence of steps to take. > > Both machines are running fbsd 4.*, the local machine is a recent 4.9 STABLE, > and the tape drive is a Conner CTD800R-S. Will it be possible, or > advisable, to use a utility to back up over the net directly to the > tape, or should we be creating a local mirror and backing up this? > > I know that these are very basic questions, but I felt that posting here > in isp might give me a more informed response. Recommendations about > utilities or howtos to look into greatly appreciated, > > -- > thanks, > > Sean > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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