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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!voskovec.radio.cz!news.cesnet.cz!news.uakom.sk!ccnews.ke.sanet.sk!ccnews.ke.sanet.sk!news From: uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk (Matus Uhlar) 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 Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Date: 18 Sep 1996 11:28:26 +0200 Organization: Slovak Academic Network Kosice Lines: 31 Message-ID: <51ofbq$nar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk> References: <323954B8.167EB0E7@innet.be> Reply-To: Matus.Uhlar@tuke.sk NNTP-Posting-Host: ccnews.ke.sanet.sk X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:47586 comp.unix.questions:87898 comp.unix.misc:25189 comp.unix.solaris:83116 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4915 At Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:34:01 +0200 Walter Lievens (wally@innet.be) 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 We have Python (sony?) 2 GB normal and the same problem. -> I'm using as platform BSDI (dump) and Solaris 2.4 (ufsdump). SunOS4.1.2 here which I want to backup... doesn't matter where -> Currently my two commands are: -> -> dump 0dsbfu 54000 13000 126 remote_tape filesystem -> -> ufsdump 0dbfu 54000 126 remote_tape filesystem I've seen dump 0dsbfu 54000 6000 126 /dev/nrst0 ... but BSD's dump is BROKEN and I can't find new version working... it can't detect end of tape which is VERY BAD by compressed drive. It can sometimes store 5 GB but dump will restart dumping after error on new tape... -- Matus Uhlar, sysadm at Regional node of SANET in Kosice, Slovakia E-mail: Matus.Uhlar@tuke.sk WWW: http://ccsun.tuke.sk/users/uhlar IRC: fantomas, uhlar PGP: finger uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk | pgp The 3 biggest disasters: Hiroshima 45, Tchernobyl 86, Windows 95