Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:15:41 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Greg Black <freebsd-nospam@yaxom.com> Cc: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org, Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> Subject: Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tape header type 1853384566 Message-ID: <49CC28BD.1070501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <nospam-1238116311.02890@joker.yaxom.com> References: <49C83673.3000604@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251232.11418.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <49C99204.2050601@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251334.38350.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <49C99FD2.50609@aldan.algebra.com> <nospam-1237956961.78753@joker.yaxom.com> <49CA5602.9050001@aldan.algebra.com> <nospam-1238116311.02890@joker.yaxom.com>
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Greg Black wrote:
> Sorry, this person is *not* making backups in any meaningful fashion.
> Unless you verify regularly (preferably every time you make a backup)
> that you can restore both parts of the backup and the entire thing, you
> are not making backups. You may be lucky, but you probably won't be
> lucky when it really matters.
s/making backups/employing an effective data recovery strategy/
Please don't feed the "proper use of language" trolls. :)
Meanwhile, we may want to consider that this whole thread is veering
off topic ...
Doug
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