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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!hookup!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.unb.ca!agate.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ideal parameters for backup tape Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 10:28:34 GMT Organization: Senarius Inc. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <51e1gk$cv2@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> References: <323954B8.167EB0E7@innet.be> Reply-To: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: mctnts01c44.nbnet.nb.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:47360 comp.unix.questions:87651 comp.unix.misc:25093 comp.unix.solaris:82549 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4868 On stardate Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:34:01 +0200, Walter Lievens <wally@innet.be> sent holographic email and wrote: >I need to backup my files using (ufs)dump. The problem is that I don't >know which parameters are ideal. Can someone help me? >Here is the available information of the tape: >Sony, DAT, DG90MAa, 90 m/295 feet, DDS, 4 mm >I'm using as platform BSDI (dump) and Solaris 2.4 (ufsdump). >Currently my two commands are: > dump 0dsbfu 54000 13000 126 remote_tape filesystem > ufsdump 0dbfu 54000 126 remote_tape filesystem I just use dump 0fu /dev/rst0_dds 9999999 /usr I have no interest in figuring out the density of the tape :P.. Anyway, if you know it will fit all on one tape, than this option is okay for you. -- ,-------------------------------------------------------, |Lance Cavener Systems Administrator | |cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca Senarius Inc. | |admin@novacon.com | |"Microsoft sent 54 programmers to Apple? You lie......"| `-------------------------------------------------------'