Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:17:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: mav@wastegate.net (doug reynolds) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump/restore indexing question Message-ID: <200410252017.i9PKHdp25344@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <417A7A56.4060407@wastegate.net> from "doug reynolds" at Oct 23, 2004 11:35:50 AM
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> > I have freebsd 4.10 on one of my production servers. > > I have been using the dump/restore combo to backup my drive, and I run a > nightly dump -9 on the /home partition, and most of the dump -9s are > dumped to a single tape since I don't have daily acs to swap the tapes > more than once a month or so. > > I'm wondering if there is a utility that can index the dumps on a tape > and list the time/date for each dump on the tape. I looked through the > dump/restore/mt man pages, google'd, and looked though the ports > without much luck. Well, you could do a 'restore -t' on the tape and pipe the output to a file. You would have to reposition the tape and then run the restore on it. Then you might have to sort it to suit yourself. Lack of a good index feature is a major deficiency of dump/restore from my point of view. Also, I hope you do an occasional dump 0 and not all just dump 9. ////jerry > > please CC this to my email, as I am not subscribed to the list anymore.. > > thanx in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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