Re: DAT tape
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 10:18, GBV wrote: > I have an dat tape drive om my debian 3.0r1 server... > > How i can mount? I don't think you can mount a tape - not so you can browse it, anyway. > How i can use cron to make backups? > > There an frontend backup soft? Amanda does the job for me. It's free, and it works. http://www.amanda.org -- glenn english [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DAT tape
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:18:38 -0300 "GBV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an dat tape drive om my debian 3.0r1 server... > > How i can mount? You don't need to, you just read/write to the device. e.g. tar cvf /dev/nst0 /home > > How i can use cron to make backups? > > There an frontend backup soft? Check out amanda James -- James Tappin, O__ "I forget the punishment for using [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- \/`Microsoft --- Something lingering http://www.tappin.me.uk/with data loss in it I fancy" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DAT tape
GBV said on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 02:18:38PM -0300: > I have an dat tape drive om my debian 3.0r1 server... > > How i can mount? You don't mount tapes. Instead, you use tools (like tar) to pull archives off of them. From the operating systems perspective, the tape is just a file (/dev/nst0, for example). > How i can use cron to make backups? You can write a small shell script using find and tar, and then run it out of cron. However... > There an frontend backup soft? AMANDA might be more of what you're looking for. It's not exactly "frontend", but it's _really_ good. Look for the packages amanda-client, amanda-server, and you can read documentation at http://amanda.org. M msg30569/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: DAT TAPE ?
" Raymond A. Ingles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 17 Feb 1999, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > > > I have the opportunity to get a used DAT tape, a Digital DEC TLZ 06 > > it uses the standard Sony 4 mm audio tapes, 90 m lenght. > > > > Is it usable with Linux ? What software do I need apart the SCSI-tape > > support in the kernel ? > > It should be usable, no problem. All the standard applications like > "tar", "cpio", and "mt" should work fine. I've never used it, but a lot of > people swear by "BRU", a commercial backup program, but it's not required > by any means. taper, kbackup (unstable), amanda are "all-in-one" free solutions. (I guess this list is not complete). HTH, Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37
Re: DAT TAPE ?
On 17 Feb 1999, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > I have the opportunity to get a used DAT tape, a Digital DEC TLZ 06 > it uses the standard Sony 4 mm audio tapes, 90 m lenght. > > Is it usable with Linux ? What software do I need apart the SCSI-tape > support in the kernel ? It should be usable, no problem. All the standard applications like "tar", "cpio", and "mt" should work fine. I've never used it, but a lot of people swear by "BRU", a commercial backup program, but it's not required by any means. Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Suffering is good for the soul, but it is usually best to wait until the body has no choice in the matter." - Stephen Donaldson
