NFS can work, but if you didn't already have exports and mounts on the machines then not all of the needed daemons would have been running (the rc scripts check for exports & mounts and only start certain daemons if they exist. You can start the daemons manually (look for what the rc scripts skip in 'if' tests).
tar and rsh should work, but rsh may be disabled in inetd.conf or blocked by firewalls, tcpwrappers/ipchains/iptables or not allow access by root. Try rsh-ing to the SunOS box from your linux box, SunOS was a lot more permissive by default than current OS's. Do you have any free space on the SunOS box so that you could tar directories and then FTP them over? If you use tar's compression option and can delete directories after you FTP them, you should be able to start with smaller directories and work your way up through the big ones. Good luck, Frank --On Friday, June 21, 2002 11:39:06 -0500 "Jonathan R. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Amanda users, > > We have a legacy Sun Sparc II server (SunOS 4.1.3) that was, until > recently, our only file server with a tape drive (an Exabyte 8200, 2.3 > Gb capacity). We're in the process of centralizing files onto a RedHat > 7.2 server running Amanda 2.4.2p2 (from the RPM -- no problems) with a > Sony AIT-1 (SDX-300C) tape drive. > > Unfortunately, getting files off the Sun is proving to be tricky, due > in large part to its outdated networking software. I briefly tried to > use NFS to mount a server file system on the Sun and copy over the > files, but the NFS mount didn't work right...not my strong suit, > anyway. I've also tried various combinations of tar and rsh, to no > avail so far. > > For now, I had hoped to just configure Amanda on it, even though this > server will be taken off line as soon as its files have been securely > set up on the new file server. My first hurdle, though, is that the > GNU tar 1.13.25 from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar is not compiling > properly (we compiled and installed gcc 2.3.3 a long time ago), > encountering parsing errors in intl/loadmsgcat.c. Maybe this isn't the > simplest way to take our files off this server... > > I'd love some suggestions here. Ideally someone just knows where I can > get tar 1.13.19 or newer precompiled for SunOS 4.1.3. Otherwise, I'd > probably have to recompile gcc with updated sources, etc. In the short > term, I suppose I could try using the existing dump software. > > We need to back this thing up before it dies!! :-) > > Regards, > > Jonathan > > -- > / Jonathan R. Johnson | "Every word of God is flawless." \ > | Minnetonka Software, Inc. | -- Proverbs 30:5 | > \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | My own words only speak for me. / -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
