External USB tape Drive
Dear All,
I have a RHEL V5 server with an External USB 4mm tape drive, Can anybody help me in how to configure this external tape drive after I connect it to the USB , is it auto or I have to mount it and what is the steps for that ...
Thanks you
Responses
Hi, there are lots or resources online - I did a quick google for 'how to use a tape drive in linux' and returned many results, such as:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-tape-backup-with-mt-and-tar-command-howto/
and
http://baheyeldin.com/linux/using-tape-backup-on-linux-for-a-home-network.html
(Check out the resources and links)
You might also want to check out the man pages for such command line tools such as: cpio, tar, dump, mt, and dd.
This is all assuming you aren't using a third-party ISV solution like Symantec NetBackup, which has its own tools for accomplishing this.
Hope this helps!
Andrius
Red Hat, Inc.
I give you some examples to try:
BACKUP:
tar cvpPf /dev/st0 /tmp/*
tar cvpPf /dev/st0l /tmp/*
tar cvpPf /dev/st0m /tmp/*
tar cvpPf /dev/st0a /tmp/*
findout which works best for your tapedrive
RESTORE:
choose one of the following (the same one as the create that worked for your tapedrive)
tar xvpPf /dev/st0
tar xvpPf /dev/st0l
tar xvpPf /dev/st0m
tar xvpPf /dev/st0a
Kind regards,
Jan Gerrit Kootstra
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