Date:  Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:08:30 -0500 (EST)
From:  Greg Boehnlein <damin (at mark) nacs.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04155] Re: Tape backup options
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0602230807160.27584-100000 (at mark) nucleus.nacs.net>
In-Reply-To:  <20060222164026.M34023 (at mark) larich.com>
X-Mail-Count: 04155

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Hillel Seltzer wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a SCSI tape drive in my CentOS 4.1 BQ server,
> and it is recognized by mt as /dev/st0.
> 
> I would like to have a script run cmuExport into a local directory 
> and then back up all files to tape.  Is there a prefered backup 
> program for backing up the entire system to tape?  

tar?

tar czvf /dev/st0 /local-directory-with-backup

Put it in Cron and run it daily..
 
> Is there one with a GUI that could easily be integrated 
> into the BQ admin GUI?

Not at this time.

> Thanks.
> ---Hillel
> 
> 

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