Thanks to all. Backup is working as intended. bdavis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Lindsell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:07 AM Subject: Re: Tape device name without rewind after write > At 11:20 23/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >nst0. > > > >On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Billy Davis wrote: > > > > > Our SCSI tape drive device is st0. What device name should be used in > > order to execute multiple cpio write commands to the same drive? (ie, > > nst0???) We are trying to backup multiple filesystems on the same tape, > > but as separate files instead of one large single file. > > Here's our backup script - I think it does what you want, a bit crude but > it works..... > > #/bin/bash > # > # > # N.Lindsell, Tue Jun 17 09:54:48 BST 1997 > # > # > > echo > "**************************************************************">/tmp/backup log > > /usr/bin/modprobe aic7xxx 2>>/tmp/backuplog > /usr/bin/modprobe st 2>>/tmp/backuplog > echo -n "Backup started on ">>/tmp/backuplog > echo -n "Using DAT (/dev/st0). ">/tmp/backuplog > date >>/tmp/backuplog > cd / > mt -f /dev/st0 erase > echo -n "Archiving root : ">>/tmp/backuplog > find . -print -mount|cpio -oB -H newc >/dev/st0 2>>/tmp/backuplog > mt -f /dev/nst0 eod > cd /var > echo -n "Archiving /var : ">>/tmp/backuplog > find . -print -mount|cpio -oB -H newc >/dev/st0 2>>/tmp/backuplog > mt -f /dev/nst0 eod > cd /usr > echo -n "Archiving /usr : ">>/tmp/backuplog > find . -print -mount|cpio -oB -H newc >/dev/st0 2>>/tmp/backuplog > mt -f /dev/nst0 eod > cd /usr/local > echo -n "Archiving /usr/local : ">>/tmp/backuplog > find . -print -mount|cpio -oB -H newc >/dev/st0 2>>/tmp/backuplog > mt -f /dev/nst0 eod > cd /home > echo -n "Archiving /home : ">>/tmp/backuplog > find . -print -mount|cpio -oB -H newc >/dev/st0 2>>/tmp/backuplog > echo -n "Backup of core complete on " >>/tmp/backuplog > date>>/tmp/backuplog > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl > echo > "**************************************************************">>/tmp/backu plog > > echo >>/tmp/backuplog > echo "To recover data from this tape use:-">>/tmp/backuplog > echo " cpio -ivdB -H newc </dev/st0 to read root data ">>/tmp/backuplog > echo " mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1;cpio -ivdB -H newc </dev/st0 to read /var data > ">>/tmp/backuplog > echo " mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 2;cpio -ivdB -H newc </dev/st0 to read /usr data > ">>/tmp/backuplog > echo " mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 3;cpio -ivdB -H newc </dev/st0 to read > /usr/local data ">>/tmp/backuplog > echo " mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 4;cpio -ivdB -H newc </dev/st0 to read /home > data ">>/tmp/backuplog > echo > "**************************************************************">>/tmp/backu plog > > /usr/bin/rmmod st 2>>/tmp/backuplog > /usr/bin/rmmod aic7xxx 2>>/tmp/backuplog > cat /tmp/backuplog|mail -s "Last nights backup results" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please change the hostmaster address ;> > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
