REgret to inform you: You cannot "export", and mount, a tape device like
that. It's a block device, not a character device.
There are however utilities out there that will allow you to acces the
drive on a remote server. Most any of the better distributed back-up
agents will alow this (Amanda comes to mind).
If you're desperate, try accessing it via tar:
tar -cvf <tape_host>:/dev/sd0 /home
(assuming /dev/sd0 to be the tape device, and /home being the directory
to be backed up.
If you want to do regular backups, look into the backup agents. You set
them up on all the workstations, set up the server, and then just
remember to change the tapes on a regular basis.
Ric
Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote:
> Did anyone succeed in NFS sharing a tape and mounting that share from
> another machine? I'm trying to make a backup from a machine that doesnt
> have a tape drive to another, that does. I have the tape in EXPORTS,
> but I get "not a directory" blurb when I try to mount it; it seems I need
> to first mount that tape locally on the machine that has the tape; but it
> refuses to be mounted as well :) any ideas how?
> Thanks, -turgut
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