How to use a filer tape drive to restore files to another system

About this section

This section describes the requirements for using commands such as ufsrestore on another system to restore data from a tape drive attached to the filer. It also describes how to specify the tape drive in the command for restoring data.

This section does not discuss the exact commands that you need to enter on the other system. Refer to the documentation for the other system to learn about its commands for restoring data.

Requirements

The filer with the tape drive must allow access from the other system. That is, the host or filer from which a dump (or ufsdump) or restore (or ufsrestore) command is issued must be listed in the following configuration files:

• The /etc/hosts.equiv file on the filer with the tape drive. Alternatively, you can specify both the host and user in /etc/hosts.equiv. The filer /etc/hosts.equiv file contains entries in this format:

  hostname [ username ]

  For more information about /etc/hosts.equiv, see the na_hosts.equiv(5) man page.

• The /etc/hosts file on the filer with the tape drive or in the DNS database if the filer is using DNS.

Also, the filer with the tape drive must be added to the other system's /etc/hosts file.

Format for specifying filer tape drive

In the commands for dumping and restoring, specify the filer tape drive in the following format:

filer:device_name

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