[Dump-users] stacking multiple dumps on the same tape

[Douglas B. <dba...@ns...>]

Please excuse my ignorance :), my boss has asked if incremental backups 
can be stacked on sequentially on the same tape. We're thinking this way 
we can keep the tape in the drive without removing it for a while and 
reduce the need for operator intervention.

Can this be done? Is it as simple as positioning the tape using "mt" and 
then running restore or interactive restore to get at specific 
incremental backups?

thanks!

-Doug