Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tikal!amc!eric From: eric@amc.UUCP (Eric McRae) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: dump(8) verification ? Message-ID: <129@amc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 13:35:36 EDT Article-I.D.: amc.129 Posted: Fri Oct 4 13:35:36 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 08:04:33 EDT References: <631@dicomed.UUCP> Organization: Applied Microsystems Corp.; Redmond, Wa. Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.unix:5803 net.unix-wizards:15089 > has anyone hacked dump to perform a verify pass on the data dumped? If your dumps fit on one tape, you can at least do a dd of the tape into /dev/null. That will check for tape errors. At some point, you should verify that your dump/restore mechanism works. Understand what you would have to do to partially or completely rebuild a filesystem. I have had disk crashes three times in my carreer as a sysad. Each one wiped out two filesystems. I could give you a lot of other hints about this whole process but for now I'll assume that you don't need them. If you do, send me a note. Eric McRae Engineering Fellow, Applied Microsystems Corporation Phys: 5020 148th Ave. N.E. USPS: PO Box C-1002 Redmond, Wa 98052 Redmond, Wa. 98073-1002 UUCP: eric@amc (..uw-beaver!tikal!amc!eric) ATT: (206) 882-2000 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com