On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 11:36:18AM -0500, Viren Patel wrote: > Hello. I am using 'dump' to backup client filesystems to a > disk file on an NFS mounted partition, e.g. > > dump -0aLu -f /bk/var-20050516 /var > > Now I'd like to take the backup file (var-200500516) and > move it to tape (on the NFS server). However I'd like the > tape to have the data just as if it had been created > directly by 'dump', e.g. > > dump -0aLu -f /dev/nsa0 /var > > Any way to do this? I could use rdump/rmt to backup > directly to the remote tape, but I am doing it this way to > do fast disk-based backups during night and move to slower > tapes during day. For normal restores I can use NFS-based > files but have tapes for single-user-mode type restores. > Thanks.
You can use dd to write a file to a device (e.g. tape). Kris
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