Message-Id: <10658.119945@fatcity.com> From: Uma Sankara_Sivadanam Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:27:05 +0530 Subject: Unix question(Sharing the tapedrive) This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C03CBE.7076E850 Content-Type: text/plain Hello all, I am facing a problem at my work place.I am having two unix machines and the tape drive is there only on one machine.I need to take the weekly backup's on both the machines and could you please tell me how to "share" the tape drive connected to one machine so that i can fire the backup from other machine?Both the machines are in the same network. There is a severe space problem on both the machines so there is no possibilityof making a intermediate copy of the data and then ftp'ing the same to other machine and perform backup.That can't be done. The tape drive is of make HP - DDS3 Thanks and awaiting replies.. Uma ------_=_NextPart_001_01C03CBE.7076E850 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unix question(Sharing the tapedrive)

Hello all,

I am facing a problem at my = work place.I am having two unix machines and the tape drive is there = only on one machine.I need to take the weekly backup's on both the = machines and could you please tell me how to "share" the tape = drive connected to one machine so that i can fire the backup from other = machine?Both the machines are in the same network.

There is a severe space = problem on both the machines  so there is no possibilityof making = a intermediate copy of the data and then ftp'ing the same to other = machine and perform backup.That can't be done.

The tape drive is of make HP - = DDS3


Thanks and awaiting = replies..
Uma