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Restoring using a remote tape drive

Filer restore using a tape drive attached to a remote filer  Top

Backup:

dump 0f netapp1:rst0a /vol/vol1 

Restore

restore rf netapp1:rst0a 

This command performs a restore from a tape drive attached to a remote filer named netapp1. The tape drive then rewinds the tape.

The elements of this command line are described in the following table.

Element

Meaning

r

Do a full restore.

f

A tape device is supplied in the command line.

netapp1

This is the filer name.

rst0a

The restore is done using the rst0a tape device.

Filer restore using a tape drive attached to a Solaris system  Top

Backup:

dump 0f ritchie:/dev/rmt/0 /vol/vol1 

Restore

restore rf ritchie:/dev/rmt/0 

This command performs a restore from a tape drive on a Solaris system.

The elements of this command line are described in the following table.

Element

Meaning

r

Do a full restore.

f

A tape device is supplied in the command line.

ritchie

This is the name of the Solaris machine to which the tape drive is connected.

/dev/rmt/0

This is the name of the tape device.

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