Backups to a remote tape drive

Examples of backups to a remote tape drive

This section provides examples of backups to the following kinds of remote tape drives:

A tape drive attached to a remote storage system
A tape drive attached to a Solaris system
A tape drive attached to a Solaris system with a 2-GB tape file limit

Tape drive attached to a remote storage system

The following command performs a backup to a tape drive attached to a remote storage system named netapp1. The tape drive does not rewind the tape.

dump 0f netapp1:nrst0a /vol/vol1

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

Element	Meaning
`0`	Do a full backup.
`f`	A tape device is supplied in the command line.
`netapp1`	This is the name of the storage system that the tape drive is attached to.
`nrst0a`	The tape drive does not rewind.
`/vol/vol1`	This is the volume to be backed up.

Tape drive attached to a Solaris system

The following command performs a backup to a tape drive on a Solaris system. The tape drive rewinds the tape.

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

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

Element	Meaning
`0`	Do a full backup.
`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 drive. Tape drive names vary according to the type of Solaris system you use.
`/vol/vol1`	This is the volume to be backed up.

Tape drive attached to a Solaris system with a 2-GB tape file limit

The following command performs a backup to a tape drive on a Solaris system. The Thompson system has a 2-GB limit on tape file sizes. The size of the backup is greater than 2 GB but less than 4 GB, so the backup must be broken up into two tape files.

dump 0fB thompson:/dev/rmt/0n,/dev/rmt/0n 2097151 /vol/vol1

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

Element	Meaning
`0`	Do a full backup.
`f`	A tape device is supplied in the command line.
`B`	A tape file size maximum is supplied in the command line.
`thompson`	This is the name of the Solaris machine to which the tape drive is connected.
`/dev/rmt/0n`	This is the name of the remote tape drive.
`rst0a`	The tape drive rewinds after the second file.
`2097151`	The maximum tape file size is 2 GB.
`/vol/vol1`	This is the volume to be backed up.