smbtar multiple machines
Gary Stainburn
gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk
Fri Sep 11 10:12:51 GMT 1998
The machine that I am using is an IBM RS6000 running AIX 4.2 - Does anyone know the device names that I need to use?
I am currently working on a script to obtain the list of currently available PC from the browsemaster, which will then be used to drive the multiple tar's. If anyone already has such a thing that they are proud of then I would love a copy to use / copy / pass off as my own ;-)
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Parker [SMTP:npar at Berger-Levrault.fr]
Sent: 11 September 1998 10:39
To: gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk
Subject: Re: smbtar multiple machines
Gary,
usually on unix, when you specify the backup device, you specify whether you want a rewind or not.
For example
Sunos tape with rewind: /dev/rst0
Sunos tape without rewind: /dev/nrst0
Solaris tape with rewind: /dev/mt/0
Solaris tape without rewind: /dev/mt/0n
It's probably just a question of finding the right name for the backup device and then using the commands in the right sequence to make sure you only rewind when you want to.
Example:
mt -f /dev/nrst0 rew
tar -f /dev/nrst0 etc
tar -f /dev/nrst0 etc
mt -f /dev/nrst0 rew
Nick Parker
Berger-Levrault, France
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