-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bob McGowan wrote: > Chris Parker wrote: > Question being is it possible to restore a backup from a win32 (2003 > server) ntfs filesystem via tape onto a linux machine. I want to be > able to test our backups to make sure all is restorable. If this is > possible how to do it into an ext3, ext2 or other linux native > filesystem? > > thanks all for your comments. > Chris Parker >> >>
> Short answer, 95%+ probability, no can do. > Longer answer, it depends on the backup/archiver tool used. For > example, if you perchance have Cygwin installed on your windows system > and used one of the tools that are common to it and UNIX/Linux (tar and > cpio come to mind), the answer is an unqualified yes. > More likely you used a Windows tool, which probably has a proprietary > archive format, so it can't be read from a Linux box. > Or, you may have used a tool that's proprietary but that has both > Windows and Linux versions. This may work. > Then, there's the question of whether the backup is an image of the > filesystem itself or just copies of the files. If it's an image (a > 'true' image, such as a 'dd' would make), then you might be able to use > dd to read the tape into a regular file on the Linux box and then mount > that using the loop back device feature: > dd if=/dev/tape of=/path/to/file bs=10k # or something like this. > mount -o loop -t ntfs /path/to/file /path/to/mount/point > Bob Actually it is a combination of ntbackup and veritas. We are in the process of totally switching to veritas 10g for all backups. I am not sure of the format that veritas uses. I do know that there is a linux agent (not sure if that comes with it or is an extra). Veritas will run on a win2k3 server and populate a tape library. I was asked if it was possible to test the backups on a linux backup server. Meaning I was going to set up Etch box and test backups with it if it was possible. I will have to check into the veritas format, unless anyone else knows if this would work. Thanks again, Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGFsT6fnAfmpxxbc4RAijeAJ9D9/lq6Pv6+UFycDPYeDc/dpK2EQCgoNCM P91wZX9Da+7bf31o6eUegrI= =sD16 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]