Re: [OT] scsi tape problems
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:14:54AM +0200, Lars Knudsen wrote:
> You might want to try to isolate the problem a bit to see if
> the problem has to do with the backup software. A simple way
> to check this would be to use tar to write and subsequently
> read back a small backup.
>
> Something like:
> tar cvf /dev/st0 dir_you_want_to_backup
>
> should write the backup to the tape and:
> tar df /dev/st0
>
> should read the tape and perform a diff with the files on
> disk. If everything is ok no output should be generated.
i can use tar to write backups to the tape, restore and diff doesn't report
any differences.
could this be some strange afbackup problem? i have afbackup running on 2
other machines with hp dds 2 tape drives and on this machine with sony sdt
9000 dds 3. how come it has that problems with that hp dds 3 drive?
yours martin
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