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Subject: Transferring dump file to tape?
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Hello. I am using 'dump' to backup client filesystems to a
disk file on an NFS mounted partition, e.g.

   dump -0aLu -f /bk/var-20050516 /var

Now I'd like to take the backup file (var-200500516) and
move it to tape (on the NFS server). However I'd like the
tape to have the data just as if it had been created
directly by 'dump', e.g.

   dump -0aLu -f /dev/nsa0 /var

Any way to do this? I could use rdump/rmt to backup
directly to the remote tape, but I am doing it this way to
do fast disk-based backups during night and move to slower
tapes during day. For normal restores I can use NFS-based
files but have tapes for single-user-mode type restores.
Thanks.

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Viren Patel
Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Texas at Austin