> Anyone has idea on how to use the tar command available with > netbackup (/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/tar). I have got some > problems with my tape library and I want to check if I can > restore the old tapes with "tar" command directly instead of > using the Veritas netbackup since I will need to wait till > the tape drives are replaced. > > I have tried "tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0cb" but get following error. > > Blocksize = 2 records > Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive. > Skipping to next file header... > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Thanks....Suhas Bhide
Likely you will have to skip past the first file at least, which ISTR is a label or header file. I think the verbose version of bpimagelist gives information about file numbers on tape for specific backups, although I seem to remember it is slightly misleading (do you have to substract 1, maybe to allow for the label? Something like that; I think you are going to have to experiment a bit. Regards, Mike Ellwood Rutherford Appleton Laboratory _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
