[SunRescue] Re: ufsrestore problem

[Ed.Mitchell at centigram.com]

That is the correct procedure.  I use it regularly, since I'm always
blowing sh*t up on my personal system here at work. ;)

-ed



From: Paul Pries <Paul.Pries at sonera.se> on 11/17/99 09:41 AM GMT

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To:   rescue at sunhelp.org, lgriffin at bsd4us.org
cc:    (bcc: Ed Mitchell/US/Centigram)
Subject:  Re: [SunRescue] Re: ufsrestore problem




Did you try "mt -f <nonrew device> fsf <number>

where number is the number of dumps you wanna skip over?

Regards,
Paul.

lgriffin at bsd4us.org wrote:

> I should add that he didn't write down any block positions, but I think
that I
> may be a little closer to my answer:  how's this -
>         find how many blocks dump (a) is, then advance the tape to the
next
> sequential and start from there for dump (b).
>
> So, how do I do that, if it's the right answer?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> <:)  Lyndon
>
> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > Please, please help...  maybe I'm just inexperienced, or maybe just
stupid.
> > I'll go along with either at this point.  My problem:
> >
> > The old sysadmin used to make backups of Solaris 2.5.1 machines using
ufsdump.
> >  I have determined that he was putting several filesystems on a single
tape,
> > however is that something of a paradox?  Since ufsdump can only do a
single
> > filesystem at a time, the sysadmin used the non-rewinding tape driver
to
> > continue and fill the tape.  I cannot find an option in ufsrestore that
will
> > let me move to subsequent dumps on the same tape, but I'm quite sure
that the
> > files are there (that is, I'm sure that he dumped several times to the
same
> > tape without rewinding).  man ufsrestore/ufsdump is no roadmap in this
area, nor
> > is anything I could find on rmt.
> >
> > I feel like the answer is just on the tip of my frontal lobe, but I
cannot seem
> > to materialize the thought.  Any help is much appreciated.
> >
> > <:)  Lyndon
>
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