Re: Auto advance of tape during backup

Darren King wrote:
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 1997 20:59:26 -0600, Lou Avrami <L.Avrami_at_dialogic.com>
> wrote:
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> >Hello all,
> >
> > I'm in the midst of writing a hot backup script for our Oracle
> >databases, and I've run into a roadblock that I'm hoping that someone
> >might be able to offer some help with.
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> >
> >Lou Avrami ( avramil_at_dialogic.com )
> >Dialogic Corporation
>
> How important is your data? I know I work for Legato, so I'm biased
> but I can't believe how many people use tar, etc... for backups.
> What do you do if you want 1 file back? A 3rd party product
> such as Networker/Solstice backup will automatically manage
> your juke box for you. It will put the next tape in when this one
> is full. There are also database solutions.
>
> I'm not a salesperson, I'm a sysadmin but Networker has taken
> all my backup headaches away.
>
> Darren King, Legato Systems

I've use tar for backups. All you have to do create a README file at marker 0 that shows what file is at each marker. Then by taring out each file seperately starting with the README and following the order of what's in the README file you can than extract any file you want by fast forwarding etc to the location. Received on Wed Apr 23 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT