backup/restore -s switch question
Steve Roseman
lusgr at vax1.cc.lehigh.edu
Sat Feb 24 02:32:35 AEST 1990
(How about an RT question? Enough 6000 stuff for now.)
I just installed the 2705 Corrective Service update on AIX 2.2.1, and one
the of the installation memo files has me worried.
It states that "if you use -s on backup, you MUST specify it on the restore."
Now, I use 'backup -C2000 -q0v -s5400 -f /dev/rmt0 /' from a standalone
system to backup up my file systems. I use the -s5400 to try to fill up
my tapes as well as possible.
Now, if I needed to restore my system from the Installation/Maintenance
diskette in event of a disk failure, will I be able to? Or should I use
the I/M diskette's backup (with it's defaults) and use a few more tapes? It
is nice to fit the entire system on 5 tapes (1 box.)
Suggestions, comments?
Thanks,
Steve
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Steve Roseman
Lehigh University Computing Center
LUSGR at VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU
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