Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 08:09:22PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote: > On 10/17/09, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > Am Samstag, den 17.10.2009, 18:49 -0600 schrieb Tim Judd: > >> On 10/17/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> > >> > >> > You do not need to. dump alrady writes that when it finishes each time. > >> >

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 06:49:02PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote: > On 10/17/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > You do not need to. dump alrady writes that when it finishes each time. > > If you to that, you will get a second one at that location. > > > > You do not need to do the rewind and mt fsf be

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-17 Thread Tim Judd
On 10/17/09, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Am Samstag, den 17.10.2009, 18:49 -0600 schrieb Tim Judd: >> On 10/17/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >> >> > You do not need to. dump alrady writes that when it finishes each time. >> > If you to that, you will get a second one at that location. >> > >> > You

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-17 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Am Samstag, den 17.10.2009, 18:49 -0600 schrieb Tim Judd: > On 10/17/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > You do not need to. dump alrady writes that when it finishes each time. > > If you to that, you will get a second one at that location. > > > > You do not need to do the rewind and mt fsf bet

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-17 Thread Tim Judd
On 10/17/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: > You do not need to. dump alrady writes that when it finishes each time. > If you to that, you will get a second one at that location. > > You do not need to do the rewind and mt fsf between each dump. I just > do it to make it very clear to myself in my sc

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-17 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 08:43:26PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote: > Replies inline > > On 10/16/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:13:21PM +0200, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > > >> Hello list, > >> > >> one example: If I have three partitions and I want to backup every day > >> these

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-17 Thread Karl Vogel
>> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:37:32 -0400, >> Jerry McAllister said: J> You can easily put more than one dump on a tape if there is room enough J> for them. I actually rewind and skip between each dump of multiples J> made to the same tape. I also use the no-rewind device for the tape. Wheneve

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-17 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Am Freitag, den 16.10.2009, 20:43 -0600 schrieb Tim Judd: > Replies inline > > On 10/16/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: --8< snip, snap... --8< > > Something like mt fsf 1will skip over the first dump file > > so you can write the second.mt fsf 2 will skip over two files,

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Judd
Replies inline On 10/16/09, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:13:21PM +0200, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> one example: If I have three partitions and I want to backup every day >> these partitions, will I need 21 tapes? >> >> I ask because it seems it is not pos

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-16 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Am Freitag, den 16.10.2009, 17:37 -0400 schrieb Jerry McAllister: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:13:21PM +0200, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > one example: If I have three partitions and I want to backup every day > > these partitions, will I need 21 tapes? > > > > I ask because i

Re: small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-16 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:13:21PM +0200, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Hello list, > > one example: If I have three partitions and I want to backup every day > these partitions, will I need 21 tapes? > > I ask because it seems it is not possible to place more than one dump on > one tape, isn't it? Y

small question about tape-based dumps

2009-10-16 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Hello list, one example: If I have three partitions and I want to backup every day these partitions, will I need 21 tapes? I ask because it seems it is not possible to place more than one dump on one tape, isn't it? With regards Stevan Tiefert ___ f