diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml index 00d205979d..0e4f4160d4 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml @@ -1926,38 +1926,38 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c - - 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,