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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: dump -> multiple fs'es and computers
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19990204130133.019e83a0@pop.saers.com> from Niklas Saers at "Feb 4, 99 01:01:33 pm"
To: berenmls@saers.com (Niklas Saers)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:31:15 +0100 (CET)
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As Niklas Saers wrote...
> Hi. We've got a DLT-tapedrive and four FreeBSD-boxes which we want to take
> backup of. The DLT-tape can store 15 GB uncompressed, and our disks are
> 8+4+2+1=15 Gb in total, filled up about a third, so there should be more
> than enough. Now I wish to dump them all to the streamer and make dayly
> incrementals. BUT, dump seems only to be able to handle one filesystem pr
> tape. So I'm quite sure I've misunderstood something here. What programs
> should I use to dump all my file systems on my four computers over to the
> DLT-drive and run incrementals on them?

Write a script that writes the multiple dumps on the nonrewinding tape device.
Works just fine for me on my DLT.

Wilko
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