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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Backup Over TCP/IP?
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Date: 1 Mar 91 20:59:28 GMT
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In article <1991Mar1.170232.22655@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott) writes:
>network (ha ha), it sure would be nice to be able to use the tape drive
>hanging off the VAXen to back up our PC file servers also. The obvious
>questions: Can it be done? If it can, what will we need, and how do we do
>it? 

The easiest way to do it is with the rmt protocol.  You need an rmt program
for the PC servers.  There is one with one of the PD tcp/ip packages (I think
NCSA Telnet, but I can't be sure).  I know it runs on a straight MS-DOS
machine, and I don't know what your PC file servers are running, so I can't
be sure that this program will work.
   If your vaxen are running a Unix variant you are free and easy.  If your
machine is running VMS, though, you have a different problem because VMS does
not come with its own tcp/ip set, so you must make sure that whatever tcp/ip 
package you are using supports rmt (I know Multinet does, I know UCX doesn't, 
and I suspect CMU/Tek doesn't either). If it doesn't you will probably need 
to replace it.  Ehud says to buy Multinet and he will flame me if I ever
recommend anything else.
   I do warn you that this will eat up your network bandwidth very quickly.
--scott