Re: DDS backups

["francisco m . neto" <einstein@socrates.if.usp.br>]

» Alvin Oga disse isso e eu digo aquilo:

> hehehehee....arkeia was the "mistake"... if its not portable ??

	I guess so... ^_^

> dont know why people wanna pay $$$ for backup programs when tar is free

	I think so, but I got here and already found the system set up
this way, so I did have no choice...

> donno if you are looking for a silly script or not...
> backing up to tape is no big deal .... nothing special

	I guess that a silly script should be the best solution... hehe

> -- trick is you have to know what device driver talk to your tape drive
> -- since you did not specify.... am gonna assume /dev/st0

	That's perfect. It's what I got,  Sony SDT-9000/R w/ Adaptec
AHA2940.

> -- am assuming you dont necessarily need to use the tape drive to
> -- backup the windows boxes  ( the arkeia server/cleint thingie )

	No I don't... I only deal with Linux here... (altough the
workstations are running windoze... damned tradition of using that
thing... oh well)

	This script is almost what I need, it only needs some
adaptations, not a big deal really... 

	Thank you.

> #!/bin/bash
> # Assume you have a scsi tape drive
> #
> TAPE=/dev/st0
> #
> # Directories to backup to tape
> #
> DIR="/root /boot /etc /home"
> #
> # Test if the tape whines... if it does...consider yourself ready to go
> #
> mt -f $TAPE rewind
> #
> if [ $? != 0 ];
> then
>   echo ""
>   echo "Am guess your tape did not rewind..which /dev/xxx is it ???"
>   exit 1
> fi
> #
> # Do the backup to tape
> #	i happen to like to compress things...
> #
> tar zcf $TAPE $DIR > /tmp/tape.backup.log
> #
> # always eject to prevent overwriting the tape..
> # cause you forgot to  change the tape
> #
> mt -f $TAPE rewind 
> mt -f $TAPE eject
> #
> # end of file

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