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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:	DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:	Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:	SMURF::DENHAM

Created:	Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	10068
Total number of notes:	35879

9748.0. "How can use VDUMP to backup many savesets on a tape" by HGOSPS::MASCOTTANG () Wed May 07 1997 23:54

    My customer asks me that he wants to use VDUMP to backup many savesets
    on a tape and use VRESTORE to restore all saveset to a disk. He would
    like to ask what command can he use ?
    
    Any advice should appreciated.

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9748.1 SSDEVO::ROLLOW Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes. Thu May 08 1997 02:33 10

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9748.1		SSDEVO::ROLLOW	Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.	`Thu May 08 1997 02:33`	10
	Write to the norewind tape device: vdump 0f /dev/nrmt0h /file-system ^ To restore, use the norewind device there as well. You might need to the mt(1) command to skip over the file mark at the end of each backup. Vdump and vrestore may have options to tell it to use the norewind device with- out having explicitly specify it. Read the manual page to find out.

	Write to the norewind tape device:

		vdump 0f /dev/nrmt0h /file-system
			      ^
	To restore, use the norewind device there as well.  You
	might need to the mt(1) command to skip over the file
	mark at the end of each backup.  Vdump and vrestore may
	have options to tell it to use the norewind device with-
	out having explicitly specify it.  Read the manual page
	to find out.