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From: mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Backup over net (Was Re: NFS Super users?)
Keywords: rdump!!??
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Date: 1 Jul 89 16:42:51 GMT
References: <240038@grlab.UUCP> <239@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
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In article <239@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim@cs.strath.ac.uk writes:
>In article <240038@grlab.UUCP> scott@grlab.UUCP (Scott Blachowicz) writes:
>> [he wants to do network backups]

>The way to do that is not to use NFS for backups! Use rdump to backup
>files to a remote tape drive or other backup device. 

Alas, HP-UX users are going to find this somewhat difficult....

>Alternatively, pick up one of the many versions of tar that ...
>support ... driving a remote tape device.

This is a good idea, but what you'd often like to have is a backup
program that would also backup device special files &c.

Michael Helm (mike@fionn.lbl.gov)