[cobalt-users] RE: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #5036 - 16 msgs

["Jeff Taylor" <jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,
 I am backing up a Qube3 to a DDS3 tape drive(24GB) using
tar. Seems to work fine. In the past I have used dump and
restore also. The parameters take a little to figure out,
but aren't real tough. I downloaded "mt" from
sourceforge.net so I could control the tape drive.

                                     Jeff Taylor
                                     Stellar Technologies

>Message: 8
>Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:41:30 -0700
>From: Jim Dory <engineer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Cobalt Users List <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [cobalt-users] scsi tape backup solutions
>Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I'm doing some research on using a tape backup connected to
a raq4r. I
?think it is possible but don't see much talk of it here. It
is a 40g
>tape drive. I see people talking about just using rsync or
raqbackup to
>backup to a Windows box or whatever, but I would like to
use tapes to
>rotate things off site. In researching those two programs,
I haven't
>found where they would help backup to tape, although I may
have missed it.

>In the archives I've found scant info about it. I did find
some mention
>of taper, but that might have a 4g. limit? I found
flexbackup and
>Amanda, but reading through some of the docs it looks like
they use
>dump, afio, cpio, and a few others. I've looked at dump but
seems like
>lots to learn there as well. (As far as installing on the
raq, etc.)
>
>I've also looked at the three packages on the raq gui,
Arkeia, etc.. but
>under parameters they ask about ports and servers.. (by the
way, I'm a
>newbie). And the Arkeia page says that the free version
doesn't backup
>to tape. I'm not sure what version is on the raq.
>
>Anybody care to comment? (Oh, and I'm heading to the
knowledge base now..)
>
>--
>Jim D.