Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!bywater!arnor!entwash.watson.ibm.com!wlm From: wlm@entwash.watson.ibm.com (Bill Moran) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: Doing multiple backups on the 6000 8mm tape Message-ID: <1991Feb21.160905.3760@arnor.uucp> Date: 21 Feb 91 16:09:05 GMT References: <3366@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> <1532@msa3b.UUCP> <1991Feb20.105914.17233@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Sender: news@arnor.uucp (NNTP News Poster) Reply-To: wlm@entwash.watson.ibm.com (Bill Moran) Organization: IBM TJ Watson Home for Tired Hackers Lines: 12 I think that the positioning using tctl and Backup works correctly. restore is where problems arise. However, if you tctl to the position where you think stuff should be written, and you then use something like: dd if=/dev/rmt0 bs=5000k | restore if - or somesuch, this should work. I do multiple backups on one tape, and I've been able to restore them this way. I've never had any luck using restore alone on an RS6000. Bill Moran Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com