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Date:      Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:25:34 -0500
From:      Robert Beer <r-beer@onu.edu>
To:        Dan Roberts <droberts@gwis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rdump fails between freebsd machines
Message-ID:  <l031028b9b2c125c41584@[140.228.15.35]>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.990112101559.11994a-100000@gwis.com>

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At 10:20 AM -0500 1/12/1999, Dan Roberts wrote:
>I'm encountering a problem with remote dumps between FreeBSD machines..
>I've sucessfully dumped from both Solaris and BSDI/2.0 to a FreeBSD tape
>host, however every FreeBSD machine I've attempted to dump from has
>failed.  I've tried 3 different computers with both FreeBSD 2.2.7 and 3.0.
>
>The backup bombs out like this:
>
>su-2.02# /sbin/rdump 0ufB backup@noc.gwis.com:/dev/nrst0 10000000 /
>  DUMP: Connection to noc.gwis.com established.
>  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jan 12 10:18:52 1999
>  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
>  DUMP: Dumping /dev/rda0s1a (/) to /dev/nrst0 on host backup@noc.gwis.com
>  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
>  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
>  DUMP: estimated 18335 tape blocks on 0.00 tape(s).
>  DUMP: Lost connection to remote host.
>
>Any ideas?  Please cc: any responses to my email address.  Thank you!

Dan,

I would try the r-command stuff and make sure that is working correctly. Then try piping maybe a tar output throught.  If that all works give rdump another shot.  Personally, I use the auto-size feature:

	rdump 0auf user@host:/dev/nrst0  Partition

P.S.  Howday, it has been a long time.

---
Bob Beer <r-beer@onu.edu>
Ohio Northern University, Academic Computer Services, Ada, OH  45810



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