Fernando, Thanks for the reply and info. Don't worry about finding those links for me, I'll look them up.
My reason for the email was just to find out more about using tapes for backups. I have plenty of new tapes, so I just replaced it. John ----- Original Message ---- From: Fernando Vilas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:02:11 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Solaris: 'fsck /dev/rmt/0'? On Wednesday 16 January 2008 16:42:14 John Hebert wrote: > Howdy, > > I am testing ufsdump for use in backups on a Solaris 10 box. Testing was > going fine, then I get this: > > bash-2.05# ufsdump 0c /dev/rmt/0 /tmp > DUMP: Warning - block 16 is beyond the end of `/dev/rmt/0' > DUMP: Warning - super-block on device `/dev/rmt/0' is corrupt - run fsck > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > Seems kinda weird to run fsck on a tape device, but UNIX elevates one's > understanding of weirdness to a higher level. > > I rewound the tape ('mt rewind') and retried the above command a couple of > times, but get the same result. > > Should I just run 'fsck /dev/rmt/0'? Should I just erase the entire tape > ('mt erase')? Is the tape just fubar and not usable? > > Thanks for your help. > > John Hebert > My only experience with ufsdump is with the old way of migrating to zfs. Sol10u5 is rumored to be in beta Feb 11, with zfs boot, if you can wait for it. There have been several people who backup zfs to some storage device, and then store snapshots on something else for incrementals. I could find those links for you if that's the way you want to go. If you have a need to run ufsdump / ufsrestore for your backups for another reason, that's a different story. -- Thanks, Fernando Vilas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
