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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Backups to SCSI tape Date: 14 Oct 1996 12:16:36 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 18 Message-ID: <53tav4$5em@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <3260DA6B.6F1@interlog.com> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Claude Pio <pio@interlog.com> wrote: > What is the best way to backup the system to a scsi tape drive. I need > to run daily backups. You've already got two hints, here's a third one: dump(8). E.g., my FreeBSD system at home runs this one every night via cron: /sbin/dump 0uBbf 1000000 32 /dev/rst0 /home (It's a 2.5 Gig Tandberg drive with a 1 GB cartridge in it during the night hours.) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j