Restore from tape (not using Amanda) syntax

2002-09-25 Thread Gordon Cormack
Title: Restore from tape (not using Amanda) syntax Hi Peoples, I'm trying to dump from an Amanda tape onto the hard-drive by not using Amanda. This is probably a you don't know how to use tar properly question but: #mt -f /dev/rmt/0n status Vendor 'SONY ' Product 'SDX-300C ' tape drive:

RE: Restore from tape (not using Amanda) syntax

2002-09-25 Thread Gordon Cormack
-f - Worked like a treat and I am now up-and-running once again! Thanks to all those who responded... Cheers, Gordon. -Original Message- From: Gordon Cormack Sent: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Restore from tape (not using Amanda) syntax Hi

RE: Hostname lookups

2002-09-19 Thread Gordon Cormack
Title: RE: Hostname lookups Hey Mozzi, There seems to be an issue with Amanda and reverse DNS lookups - I had many when I wanted to setup backup clients across multiple subnets. But in the end if you have your backup client having the ip/hostname of the backup server in it's /etc/hosts

Newbie tape drive install

2002-09-06 Thread Gordon Cormack
Title: Newbie tape drive install Yhello all, Amanda is great! Been using it for about a week now on our production servers (e250's). I now want to put another tape drive onto an Ultra10 I have for off-site backups. It's all connected but I can't get solaris to detect the tape drive -

RE: Newbie tape drive install

2002-09-06 Thread Gordon Cormack
Title: RE: Newbie tape drive install Amanda is great! Been using it for about a week now on our production servers (e250's). I now want to put another tape drive onto an Ultra10 I have for off-site backups. It's all connected but I can't get solaris to detect the tape drive - obviously