[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference cookie::archive_backup

Title:	Archive/Backup

Moderator:	COOKIE::MHUAIG

Created:	Wed Sep 08 1993
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	479
Total number of notes:	2283

448.0. "may I restore NT client data from local NT drive?" by ATZIS1::KARTNER_M (HOUSTON, we have a problem) Fri Apr 25 1997 09:35

    Hi!
    
    Is there a way to restore data from a tape containing files from
    a client (UNIX,NT) saved by ABS directly from a local drive
    connected to the client ?
    
    I'm afraid that the client's won't be able to read the
    ABS client format (results the client data in a standard backup
    image or a tar file ?).
    
    							thanks
    							Michael

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
448.1	NT, Unix restores	COOKIE::CROSS		`Fri Apr 25 1997 09:52`	7
	Michael, ABS saves NT and Unix data in the Gtar format directly. This means that you can restore directly to the NT or Unix client - assuming you have a comparable tape drive local to the client. The Gtar format is readable by the client. Judy
448.2	thanks !!	ATZIS1::KARTNER_M	HOUSTON, we have a problem	`Mon Apr 28 1997 07:27`	6
	Hi! Thanks for your fast response !!!! bye Michael
448.3	confused a little...	QUAKKS::DWORSACK		`Mon Apr 28 1997 12:44`	14
	>assuming you have a comparable tape drive local to the client. WOW,, how naive i've been all this time... i've been thinking of using abs on a vax with tf857 tape on it, to backup some engineers nt/unix clients.... but if i cant "directly" attach the drive on the client to read the tape, this backup strategy is useless... no. so there is no way to "read" the tape from the client, or force some type of "restore" TO the client ? jim
448.4	More answers	COOKIE::HEISLER	Chris Heisler, ABS Engineering	`Mon Apr 28 1997 14:03`	15
	Jim, To do a restore of an NT/UNIX backup to the client, normally you initiate the restore on the server. That will restore the data to the client just as it backed it up. If the server is down, then you cannot restore from the server to the client. As Judy said, if you have a compatible tape drive that the client can access, you can restore that tape using gtar (on the client). Does that cover all the questions about restoring? Chris
448.5	understand	QUAKKS::DWORSACK		`Tue Apr 29 1997 08:33`	8
	>To do a restore of an NT/UNIX backup to the client, normally you >initiate the restore on the server. YES, this is what i was thinking... ok, i just misunderstood the restore comment of using gtar. i understand now that the server CAN restore the client, provided both are up... jim
448.6	Great	COOKIE::HEISLER	Chris Heisler, ABS Engineering	`Tue Apr 29 1997 09:28`	6
	Jim If you have any more questions, just ask. I'm glad that we cleared up the confusion. Chris
448.7	WARNING -- Restoring NT Client Data from Tape -- Using Client Tape Drive	COOKIE::PETERS		`Mon May 05 1997 12:23`	15
	Sorry I didn't see this conversation earlier. This is NOT supported by the ABSgtar that we supply with ABS. Although the archive stored on tape is in TAR format, with additional fields for NT. ABS wraps this information in ANSI standard header and trailers. This information would cause ABSgtar to fail a restore request unless it was first positioned to the appropriate place on tape. There is no positioning or locate support inherit in GTAR for this purpose. It must be supplied by the underlying operating system, and to my knowledge NT does not supported ANSI standard tapes right out of the box. Lyle