[SUMMARY] ufsdump or tar?

From: Santosh Krishnan (santosh.krishnan@st.com)
Date: Wed Nov 08 2000 - 18:31:02 CST


Thanks to the list and other sources, I have it working. Here is the
original problem.

To backup an NFS system (from a Network Appliances filer) to a local
tape drive, which command is better, for one, and for another, why was I
getting error messages of permission denied etc.?

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>SunOS xxxxxxx 5.6 Generic_105181-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
>
>
>I have 2 tape drives on this system, /dev/rst5 and /dev/rst4. I have
>mounted an NFS mount from a remote server onto this one, as such:
>
># mount xxxxx:/xxxxxC/Homes /mnt/hm
>
>It mounted fine.
>
>Then I issued the following command:
>
># tar cvf /dev/nrst5 /mnt/hm/fidohome
>
>tar: /dev/nrst5: Permission denied
>#
>
>
>So then I tried:
>
>#ufsdump -0uf /dev/nrst5 /mnt/hm/fidohome
>
>ufsdump -0uf /dev/nrst5 /mnt/hm/fidohome
> DUMP: `/mnt/hm/fidohome' is not on a locally mounted filesystem
> DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>
>
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So I figured out I had to log into the network appliances box and then
issue a remote dump command as such:

dump 0fb xxxA:/dev/rmt/0cb 63 /xxxB/Homes/fido

where xxxA is the Solaris box with the tape drive, xxxB is the Network
Appliance filer with the homes.

Best regards.

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Santosh Krishnan

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