Quick & dirty: tar cf - files | ssh B 'dd if=- of=/dev/st0' or ssh A tar cf - files | dd if=- of=/dev/st0 or something like that.
Tar can work with rmt and there's probably a way to make that work with ssh, but I'm not sure how. Probably something like On A: ssh -L 441:B:441 /bin/sleep 9999 tar cf localhost:/dev/st0 files This would (I think) try to backup to rmt (port 441) on localhost (A) which is forwarded via ssh to B's rmt & then to /dev/st0. You might also play with GNUtar's -rsh-command=ssh too. "Thomas M. Albright" said: >To all you tar gurus out there, I have a question. > >On box A (192.168.0.2) I have data that badly needs backing up. On box B >(192.168.0.9) I have a tape drive. > >Can I use tar, over ssh, to back up box A to the tape on B? > >Typically I just `tar -cvzf file.tar.gz directory` I've never used a >tape drive locally, much less remotely, so I'm comparitavely clue-free >right now. > >The man page is rather useless, and info pages have never failed to >boggle me. > >"Help me Obi-Wan! You're my only Hope!" > >-- >Thomas M. Albright (Linux user number 234357) > Amendment IV > The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, > papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, > shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon > probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly > describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to > be seized. > > >***************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >***************************************************************** > -- ------- Tom Buskey ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
