Backing up to remote tape drive

[siswjh]

New to linux, but I know on unix that you can backup to a remote tape drive with a command like this:

ufsdump 0uf somesystem.somedomain.com:/dev/rmt/0cbn /usr

Can this been done on Linux Advanced Server 2.1

 

[clonny2]

You should use tar. Tar = Tape Archiver. It is meant to dump data from *nix to tape.


tar -cvf /dev/nst0 dir_to_backup

this will "c"reate with "v"erbose display on "f"ile_destination /dev/nst0 (1st tape device usually seen) dir or file/s to backup.

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

You can user dd command like dd if=file | rsh of=device.
Please refer to dd man page for more info.

regards,
feroz