BARNHILL@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (08/24/89)
Is anyone using the NeXT to back up other machines? Our box, er, cube, sits most evenings with nothing to do but dim screens and veg., so we thought those lovely huge optical disks might serve to back up some of our larger boxes, such as our Apple A/ux box, etc. We've done ftp back and forth, but this is not a very automatic solution, nor is it hard to envision batching that would carry this off. Anyone tried anything so that we don't reinvent the wheel? David Barnhill
nctingue@ndsuvax.UUCP (Mark Tinguely) (08/26/89)
In article <9632@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> BARNHILL@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >...we thought those lovely huge optical disks might serve to back up some of >our larger boxes, such as our Apple A/ux box, etc. We've done ftp back >and forth, but this is not a very automatic solution, nor is it hard to >envision batching that would carry this off. >David Barnhill Check and see if A/UX has remote dump/restore capabilities. I know Berkeley released their rmt program (which is already on the NeXT), but they did not release the dump facilty (must still have AT&T code in it). With remote dump facilities you can backup a filesystem across the network. -- Mark Tinguely North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105 UUCP: ...!uunet!ndsuvax!nctingue BITNET: nctingue@ndsuvax.bitnet INTERNET: nctingue@plains.NoDak.edu
pvo3366@neptune.uucp (Paul O'Neill) (08/29/89)
In article <9632@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> BARNHILL@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > >Anyone tried anything so that we don't reinvent the wheel? > It works, but hardly recommended as a primary backup: ----------------------------- BEGIN INCLUDED MESSAGE -------------------------- From pvo1478 Thu Feb 23 22:33:20 1989 To: next-users@CS.ORST.EDU, orst-next@CS.ORST.EDU Subject: rmt Status: O `rmt' seems to be pretty healthy in 0.8. `rdumps' and `restores' to/from the optical disk are possible. I don't know how much utility this will end up having--but it does work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- sunhost% time dump 0f richnerd@nextbox:/MyDisk/Homes/richnerd/optb/dumps/sunhost/sd0a/890223Level0 /dev/rsd0a DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb 23 20:28:35 1989 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /MyDisk/Homes/richnerd/optb/dumps/sunhost/sd0a/890223Level0 on host richnerd DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 8208 blocks (4.01MB) on 0.11 tape(s). DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: DUMP: 8148 blocks (3.98MB) on 1 tape DUMP: DUMP IS DONE DUMP: Tape rewinding 1.2u 4.9s 1:05 9% 0+136k 0+5io 0pf+0w ------------------ nextbox> pwd /MyDisk/Homes/richnerd/optb/dumps/sunhost/sd0a nextbox> ll total 4082 drwxr-xr-x 2 richnerd 1024 Feb 23 21:09 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 richnerd 1024 Feb 23 20:26 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 richnerd 4167680 Feb 23 20:35 890223Level0 nextbox> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The dump command was SunOS 4.0 syntax.) Note that the transfer rate was > 64 Kb/s. The file must already exist. (touch it first) Remote, interactive restoring from this file worked fine. Paul -------------------------- END OF INCLUDED MESSAGE ---------------------------- Paul O'Neill pvo@oce.orst.edu Coastal Imaging Lab OSU--Oceanography Corvallis, OR 97331 503-754-3251