johnson@ecovsh.eco.ncsu.edu (Amy Johnson) (09/15/90)
Hi. I would *love* to automate backups, so that all filesystems are backed-up to one 8mm tape. However, the non-rewindable tape devices seem to rewind anyways. For instance, I type: backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1.1 /local and when it finishes, it says something like: dump finished rewinding tape dump finished Isn't /dev/rmt1.1 a non-rewindable tape device??? I would like to have a script something like the following to backup everything onto one tape: backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1.1 /local backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1.1 /u/staff backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1.1 /u/ugrad backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1.1 /u/grad backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1.1 /u/faculty backup -0 -f/dev/rmt1 /usr Assuming, I eventually get non-rewinding tape devices to *not* rewind, should the last tape device be a rewindable tape device, such as /dev/rmt1 ??? Am I missing some logic or common logic here? I've searched through info with no luck. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Amy <johnson@ecovsh.eco.ncsu.edu> Engineering Computer Operations North Carolina State University
johnson@ecovsh.eco.ncsu.edu (Amy Johnson) (09/15/90)
Oops, my reply address was wrong for my previous post regarding multiple filesystems on one backup tape. It was supposed to be johnson@ecovsh.eco.ncsu.edu Sorry about wasting net space. Amy <johnson@ecovsh.eco.ncsu.edu>