Ray Todd Stevens wrote:
>
>
> OK I have the system so that I can save an archive off to tape. (select the
> tape
> host -> start an archive --> select the hosts to be archived --> press the
> start
> button at the bottom of the page)
>
> But if and when I need to recover the data that is on that tape how do I do
> that?
You'll end up with a normal tar archive, so the restore would be the
same as if you had created a tar tape directly.
> After all a backup is only as good as the restore procedure.
You can use something like 'tar -tv /dev/tape' to check the tape files,
-xv to copy them into your current directory. Add 'z' if you used
compression - you might need a blocking factor, depending on the tape
type. In a real disaster scenario you'll work from a bootable CD or do
enough of a system install to have the tape working and a place to drop
the files. Note that if you still have access to the backuppc server
you can also run Backuppc_tarCreate via ssh to get a tar stream over the
network instead.
I've never put more than one host on a tape so I'm not sure what is
involved in separating them if you do.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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