On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:06:15PM +1000, anubis wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:55 am, David Bear wrote:
if I am writing multiple dumps to a single tape, is it wise to have mt
write a setmark after dumping each file system?
There is no real need to do this.
If you want to write dump
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:55 am, David Bear wrote:
if I am writing multiple dumps to a single tape, is it wise to have mt
write a setmark after dumping each file system?
There is no real need to do this.
If you want to write dump after dump onto a tape in the one session use the
/dev/nsa0 device
if I am writing multiple dumps to a single tape, is it wise to have mt
write a setmark after dumping each file system?
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if I am writing multiple dumps to a single tape, is it wise to have mt
write a setmark after dumping each file system?
We write multiple dumps to tapes and never write extra marks.
Dump writes a file mark and that is plenty as far as I know.
It has been plenty for us. Many restores have
On the subject of multiple dumps, how does one append several dumps to the
same tape? The dump man page does not seem to indicate an 'append' option.
I have a SCSI DAT drive (DDS2) if that makes any difference to it's
appendability.
Thanx
Dave
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DG [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On the subject of multiple dumps, how does one append several dumps to the
same tape? The dump man page does not seem to indicate an 'append' option.
I have a SCSI DAT drive (DDS2) if that makes any difference to it's
appendability.
I thought that's what the
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On Tuesday 16 December 2003 02:16, DG wrote:
On the subject of multiple dumps, how does one append several dumps to the
same tape? The dump man page does not seem to indicate an 'append' option.
The following script works for me:
