duncan@vuwcomp.UUCP (04/02/87)
This is being submitted on behalf of a site that does not have
direct access to the net (yet... we are working on it.)
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Wanted: Disk backup/Restore utilities for Ultrix1.2
Our installation consists of 2 VAX 750's running Ultrix1.2.
There appears to be bugs in the restore program which prevents a single
file from being recovered from the dump tapes. All in all, the
Dump/restore programs are not a good solution to the problem of System
Backup and Recovery. As this is a procedure that is common to all
installations we would appreciate hearing from anybody who has
developed a good System Backup/Recovery system. "Good" in this sense
means one in which individual files can be recovered quickly,
without starting at tape #1 of 10 and having to read through each one.
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Please don't flame me if you think the above comments regarding dump are
not valid. I think that dump/restore is quite a reasonable way of doing
backups. But if anyone does have any alternatives, could they let me
know (by email preferably), and I will pass the info on. Please reply
using one of the addressed below, not the path this article takes (it
is *much* more expensive for us)
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