>mt rewind
>dd if=/dev/rmt/1hn bs=32k count=1 > header.dat # tape label, apparently
Correct.
>mt fsf 1 # skip to next archive
You don't have to do the fsf's. Unless you use the 'b' device names on
Solaris, the tape will be positioned after the next tape mark, ready to
read the next image.
>I mean, /net/useruv is 268842m ...
Whoa, there. This implies you're trying to back up an NFS mounted area.
That, in general, is a bad idea.
If you're using ufsdump, it won't work at all. Ufsdump only works for
locally mounted disks.
If you're using GNU tar, you will have had to set up the mount options
to allow root access. Even then, I'm not 100% certain it will work.
Why not install Amanda on the machine that serves "useruv" and do it
that way? That's the normal method of backing up multiple machines.
>lance
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