Re: [Bacula-users] Non-bacula: Tar restore in an autochanger

2011-07-26 Thread shouldbe q931
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Alan Brown wrote: > > I've been handed a tar backup comprising 66 (yes really) LTO4 tapes. > > For obvious reasons I'd prefer not to have to load the tape drive > manually for each tape. Does anyone have pointers (or even better a > script) on automating this kind

Re: [Bacula-users] Non-bacula: Tar restore in an autochanger

2011-07-25 Thread Adrian Reyer
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 05:37:46PM +0100, Alan Brown wrote: > I've been handed a tar backup comprising 66 (yes really) LTO4 tapes. > For obvious reasons I'd prefer not to have to load the tape drive > manually for each tape. Does anyone have pointers (or even better a > script) on automating this

Re: [Bacula-users] Non-bacula: Tar restore in an autochanger

2011-07-25 Thread Ansgar Konermann
Am 25.07.2011 18:37, schrieb Alan Brown: > For obvious reasons I'd prefer not to have to load the tape drive > manually for each tape. GNU Tar does support multiple-volume archives: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Using-Multiple-Tapes.html#SEC162 In particular, take a look a

Re: [Bacula-users] Non-bacula: Tar restore in an autochanger

2011-07-25 Thread Dan Langille
On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Alan Brown wrote: > I've been handed a tar backup comprising 66 (yes really) LTO4 tapes. > > For obvious reasons I'd prefer not to have to load the tape drive > manually for each tape. Does anyone have pointers (or even better a > script) on automating this kind of