All, I want to duplicate a tape volume to another tape volume. Since I only have one tape drive, I must copy the tape volume to a disk volume and then copy the disk volume to a duplicate tape.
Question # 1 If I ever need to bscan in the duplicate tape, I want the volume name to be that of the original input tape volume. Will bcopy accomplish this for me, or will the resulting duplicate tape volume name be that of the disk volume? Question # 2 The one thing that I do not like about bcopy is that it wants you to actually create the duplicate volumes in the catalog even though there will be no job records associated with these volumes. Since, I find this unnecessary and confusing, I am tempted to just use dd to accomplish my tape duplication task. Since bacula reads files in 32K buffers, I came up with the following dd command: dd if=/dev/nst0 of=<volume_name>.img ibs=32k Will the aforementioned dd command provide me a good dd image that I can subsequently write to a duplicate tape? Thanks, Mike Flak Magnet wrote: > I'm having a hard time figuring out the syntax for using bcopy. I've > searched the documentation and the bacula-users archives, not to mention > google for something that would give me an "Aha!". No joy. > > I want to duplicate a tape volume to another tape volume. Since I only > have one tape drive for this task, I need to copy the tape volume to a > disk volume, then the disk volume to the duplicate tape. > > An example of a good bcopy command syntax for each operation would be > appreciated. > > > TIA, > > Tim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
