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-
- Using Data Tapes for Backups
+
+ Using Data Tapes for Backups
- tape media
+ tape media
- While tape technology has continued to evolve,
- modern backup systems tend to combine
- off-site backups with local removable media.
- &os; supports any tape drive that
- uses SCSI, such as LTO or
- DAT. There is limited support for SATA
- and USB tape drives.
+ While tape technology has continued to evolve, modern
+ backup systems tend to combine off-site backups with local
+ removable media. &os; supports any tape drive that uses
+ SCSI, such as LTO or
+ DAT. There is limited support for
+ SATA and USB tape
+ drives.
- For SCSI tape devices, &os; uses the &man.sa.4; driver and the
- /dev/sa0, /dev/nsa0,
- and /dev/esa0 devices. The physical device name is
- /dev/sa0. When
- /dev/nsa0 is used, the backup application will
- not rewind the
- tape after writing a file, which allows writing more than one
- file to a tape. Using /dev/esa0
- ejects the tape after the device is closed.
+ For SCSI tape devices, &os; uses the
+ &man.sa.4; driver and the /dev/sa0,
+ /dev/nsa0, and
+ /dev/esa0 devices. The physical device
+ name is /dev/sa0. When
+ /dev/nsa0 is used, the backup application
+ will not rewind the tape after writing a file, which allows
+ writing more than one file to a tape. Using
+ /dev/esa0 ejects the tape after the
+ device is closed.
In &os;, mt is used to control
operations of the tape drive, such as seeking through files on
a tape or writing tape control marks to the tape. For
- example, the first three files on a tape can be
- preserved by skipping past them before writing a new
- file:
+ example, the first three files on a tape can be preserved by
+ skipping past them before writing a new file:
&prompt.root; mt -f /dev/nsa0 fsf 3
-
+
This utility supports many operations. Refer to
&man.mt.1; for details.
@@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
&prompt.root; tar cvf /dev/sa0 file
- To recovering files from a tar archive on tape into
- the current directory:
+ To recovering files from a tar archive
+ on tape into the current directory:
&prompt.root; tar xvf /dev/sa0
@@ -1979,12 +1979,13 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
&prompt.root; dump -0aL -b64 -f /dev/nsa0 /usr
- To interactively restore files from a dump file on
- tape into the current directory:
+ To interactively restore files from a
+ dump file on tape into the current
+ directory:
&prompt.root; restore -i -f /dev/nsa0
-
-
+
+
Third-Party Backup Utilities
@@ -1994,11 +1995,10 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
The &os; Ports Collection provides many third-party
utilities which can be used to schedule the creation of
- backups, simplify tape backup, and make
- backups easier and more convenient.
- Many of these applications are client/server based
- and can be used to automate the backups of a single system or
- all of the computers in a network.
+ backups, simplify tape backup, and make backups easier and
+ more convenient. Many of these applications are client/server
+ based and can be used to automate the backups of a single
+ system or all of the computers in a network.
Popular utilities include
Amanda,