Hi

Hope someone can assist me.
Currently I automate my Full Server backup onto a DLT-Tape Drive which in the morning gives out a message saying 100% complete.
Is there a way for me to check the contents of the tape?
Pls advice
Thank you and have a nice day

Yours in service
dhnish

How did you backup the tape?

with tar?

tar tvf <device name>

will show you the contents

with cpio?

cpio -ictvB < <device name>

will probably show you some output. Else Read The Fine Manuals of the command you used to do the backup.

Hope this helps,
Dick

Hi

I backed up using ufsdump command , indicating the path and drive.
Pls advice
Thank you and have a nice day

Yours in service
dhnish

Note by moderator: ufsdump/ufsrestore are used on Solaris and it is not recomended to do normal filesystem backups, see the man pages and loook for more information in SUN website

I never used this command, but

$ man ufsdump

says everything you need. It also explains that as you use the 'v' option it automatically checks if it written to tape correctly. If you use this method you can be pritty sure that it is done correctly.

Also take a look ufsrestore.

$ man ufsrestore

As both commands have lots of options and I never played with it, it is too hard to explain what is your best choice.

Hope someone else has done more with this backup command.

Kind regards,
Dick

Hi

Thanks for the support.
It works for me

Thank you and have a nice day

Yours in service
dhnish