[plug] Filesystem backups

[Chris Griffin]

Thanks Andrew, I will give it a go.

Chris

At 17:58 14/04/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>Chris,
>
>Sure.   On the tapehost (which is running the script) I have:
><snip>
>rsh remotehost /sbin/dump -0uf tapehost:/dev/rmt/0hn /home
></snip>
>
>I also have remotehost.network.com.au in /.rhosts on the tapehost to get
>thing working.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>
>Andrew.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Griffin" <chrisg at doladns.dola.wa.gov.au>
>To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
>Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 4:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [plug] Filesystem backups
>
>
> > Thanks Ryan and Andrew.
> > I am looking at dump and trying to get it to do the job.
> > Andrew, could you elaborate a little?
> >
> > On one of my Linux boxes I am trying "dump -0 -d 1000 -f
> > tapehost:/dev/nrst20 /", but it comes back with:
> >
> >    DUMP: permission denied
> >    DUMP: login to tapehost as root failed.
> >
> > Looks like it needs more than entries in /.rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv on
> > tapehost
> > to get it talking????
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > At 16:02 14/04/2003 +0800, you wrote:
> > >Sure is.. in fact, I think Linux ufsdump is better than the Sun version -
>I
> > >dont think you can specify directories/files to bypass in it.  I'm doing
> > >pretty much the same thing, backing up 2 Sun boxes and one RH box to a
>DDS3
> > >tape on one of the Sun boxes - I just run a script on it, that does rsh
>to
> > >the other boxes and runs dump from them.  Works ok for me.
> > >
> > >
> > >Andrew Carson.
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Chris Griffin" <chrisg at doladns.dola.wa.gov.au>
> > >To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > >Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 3:41 PM
> > >Subject: [plug] Filesystem backups
> > >
> > >
> > > > Greetings Folks,
> > > >
> > > > Just wondering if/what we have on Linux (RedHat) that would be
>equivalent
> > > > to the Solaris ufsdump. I use ufsdump to back up a few Solaris systems
> > > > across the network to an old
> > > > Exabyte drive on another Solaris system and wanted to do the same with
>my
> > > > Linux boxes.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Chris Griffin
> > > >
> >