From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 21 9:49: 4 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7173E37B401 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BFCC43F18 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:48:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ctanghe@gmx.de) Received: (qmail 10041 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jan 2003 17:48:55 -0000 Received: from pD90373E8.dip.t-dialin.net (HELO gmx.de) (217.3.115.232) by mail.gmx.net (mp019-rz3) with SMTP; 21 Jan 2003 17:48:55 -0000 Message-ID: <3E2D87C2.957830AF@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:47:46 +0100 From: Christian Tanghe X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: virtual tape or streamer device for backup purposes possible References: <23814.1043153673@www22.gmx.net> <20030121151941.GP758@cicely8.cicely.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry for the english/german mix... Perhaps I did not get my question to the point: How can I simulate a "real streamer with tapes" _transparent_ for any backup software (and any FBSD or Linux OS). It would be nice no use the implemented database of the backup software (like Yosemite/Tapeware or products like this), or other features, whitout buying a streamer. And, perhaps, this transparency would get so far that even tar or cpio think they write onto a "real streamer" and not to a real file. If theres no solution for all, is there any backup software able, to work like this? thanks in advanced Christian Bernd Walter wrote: > > #define LANG "de_DE" > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:54:33PM +0100, Christian Tanghe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > is it possible to configure a virtual tape, just working on an other > > harddisk? Lokaly or on any other Server in the network > > Writing an reading on it should be transparent for commands like tar, cpio > > or any backup software. > > Ja - nennt sich Datei und gibt es in nahezu beliebiger Menge auf jedem > Filesystem. > Kann zwar nicht Spulen, aber das brauchst du in dem Fall ja auch nicht, > da es sowas wie Dateinamen gibt. > tar, cpio und Co kommen damit wunderbar zurecht. > > Einen Streamer komplett simulieren ist so eine Sache, da Streamer nicht > gleich Streamer - es gibt da mehrere Befehlssätze und Eigenarten. > Aber braucht man eigendlich auch gar nicht. > > > Or in other words: Can you only load a driver for an non existent streamer > > and use it to write on disk? > > Or do I need a special software solution? > > Evtl einen Systemupdate vor dem Bildschirm :) > > > If you will excuse me ;), anybody knows if it exists a comparable solution > > under Linux? > > Ja - Dateien funktionieren sogar auf dem C64. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message