> So? Why should backup logs behave differently from fileserver, volserver,
> salvager logs?
This one, at least, was already answered. Not all backup logs are
server logs. Specifically, Tape Coordinator Machines (the ones that
run butc) are not necessarily server machines, so their log files
(TL_devname TE_devname) are not server logs. Clients do not run the
bosserver. It is the presence of a bosserver that allows you to do a
bos getlog. Hence, if your Tape Coordinator is only a client, no
bosserver, no bos getlog.
In DFS, you can get *any* file from a *server machine* using bos
getlog (assuming proper authority). So in DFS, if your Tape
Coordinator does happen to be a server, you can read the log files
butc writes by issuing
bos getlog /.:/hosts/servername /opt/dcelocal/var/dfs/backup/TE_devname
I can't recall if this is also true in AFS. I think it is.
Pierette
