Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:38:28 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Viren Patel <virenp@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Transferring dump file to tape? Message-ID: <20050516183828.GB50140@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <55383.146.6.178.5.1116261378.squirrel@mail.cm.utexas.edu> References: <55383.146.6.178.5.1116261378.squirrel@mail.cm.utexas.edu>
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--cmJC7u66zC7hs+87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 11:36:18AM -0500, Viren Patel wrote: > Hello. I am using 'dump' to backup client filesystems to a > disk file on an NFS mounted partition, e.g. >=20 > dump -0aLu -f /bk/var-20050516 /var >=20 > Now I'd like to take the backup file (var-200500516) and > move it to tape (on the NFS server). However I'd like the > tape to have the data just as if it had been created > directly by 'dump', e.g. >=20 > dump -0aLu -f /dev/nsa0 /var >=20 > Any way to do this? I could use rdump/rmt to backup > directly to the remote tape, but I am doing it this way to > do fast disk-based backups during night and move to slower > tapes during day. For normal restores I can use NFS-based > files but have tapes for single-user-mode type restores. > Thanks. You can use dd to write a file to a device (e.g. tape). Kris --cmJC7u66zC7hs+87 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCiOikWry0BWjoQKURAkNkAKDXKlqPkDfOJAFbVSJ6bQFmvHmwqgCeIDAI lgiCpsKBlzTm2SUeBARc7ko= =fgmJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cmJC7u66zC7hs+87--
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