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In article <jcn.727461276@helix>, jcn@rice.edu () wrote:
> 
> This may not be the proper place for this question, but here goes.
> 
> We have several macs that are networked and I would like to know if 
> there is an available program to back up specific ones onto 8mm tape, 
> as if the volume were mounted on the unix side of the network.
> 
> Currently we have a backup program that does ALL macs, but I am 
> interested in doing specific ones only.
> 
> thanks
> 

Is your tape drive connected to a Mac or to an SGI?  In a mixed
MAC/SGI setting, one way to do it is to put the tape drive on
a MAC and use Retrospect/Retrospect Remote backup software, an
*excellent* product.  Then use NFS/Share on the MAC that has the
tape drive to mount the SGI's hard drive on the MAC's desktop.
Retrospect can back up from anything mounted on a MAC desktop.

If the tape is on the SGI then you'll have to use UNIX backup
software of some kind, and use CAP (Columbia Appletalk Package)
to let the SGI speak AppleTalk.  I prefer having the tape drive
on a MAC because Retrospect beats any UNIX program I've seen
for user interface and flexibility.

Of course, in case of a real major crash, you should have a
backup of the root partition from your SGI that can be restored
locally--you cannot talk to the MACs until you get the system
and the network software running.

Matt Healy
"I pretend to be a network administrator;
 the lab net pretends to work"

matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu