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Article #272Re: Backing up AIX to a Sun tape drive -- can it be done?
From: jsalter
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 1990 16:24
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 1990 16:24
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In article <2185@megadon.UUCP> giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA (Eric Giguere) writes: >But when >I try a backup using a sequence: > rdump 0unf csg:/dev/rst9 /dev/hd2 >where "csg" is the Sun's name and "/dev/rst9" is the tape drive off the Sun, According to the BSD System Admin document (/usr/lpp/bos/bsdadm), the proper invocation from the AIXv3 system is: rdump -0 -unf csg:/dev/rst9 /dev/hd2 >The rewind concerns me because I don't see why it's happening. What's more, >typing > >This is very annoying, obviously! Then I got to wondering -- "rdump" is >just a version of "dumpbsd"... however the Sun is most definitely not a >BSD machine. Could this be my problem? Sun's are more mature than AIXv3, though, so I'd suspect that their bugs have been found and fixed by now. >Eric Giguere giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA jim/jsalter IBM AWD, Palo Alto T465/(415)855-4427 VNET: JSALTER at AUSVMQ Internet: jsalter@slo.awdpa.ibm.com UUCP: ..!uunet!ibmsupt!jsalter "Waco is a state of mind. Once you've gone there, you never come back" - Leo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!altos!megadon!clp From: jsalter@slo.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: Re: Backing up AIX to a Sun tape drive -- can it be done? Message-ID: <2214@megadon.UUCP> Date: 17 Oct 90 16:24:44 GMT References: <2185@megadon.UUCP> Sender: clp@megadon.UUCP Reply-To: uunet!slo!jsalter (Jim Salter) Organization: IBM AWD Development, Palo Alto Lines: 30 Approved: clp@megadon.UUCP