Re-2: [flexbackup-help] Some FlexBackup Questions

[<cl...@vv...>]

Hi,

it's me again ;o) I've tried it now, and need some help ;o)

Backup seems to work nice here. But there are some messages i don't understand:

| Checking /bin/sh on this machine... unknown (probably Bourne Shell)
What's that? Ok. i see no error or something like that ... but i would like to know why it's there ;o)

/dev/nrsa0: old model was 1 filemark at EOT
/dev/nrsa0: new model  is 1 filemark at EOT
What this. When I get it right the sense is the same ;o)

The rest is more or less clear to me ... 

Then I tried Listings ... they work really nice for me .. you did good work ;o)

And then .. Restore ... the special Moment ;o)

I've here two directorys tested. set is /htdocs /mysql. Here's the TOC:

File  Contents    (tape index 200311201120)
---------------------------------------------
0    <tape index key>
1    level 0 /htdocs Thu Nov 20 11:20:15 2003 tar+gzip from testServ.localnet
2    level 0 /mysql Thu Nov 20 11:41:46 2003 tar+gzip from testServ.localnet

I tried to restore one file with
testServ# flexbackup -extract -onefile /htdocs/test.htm

The File exists, in real, and on Backup .. at least the Backup said this ;o)
Then he search for a good while and told me that the File does not exists.
What did I wrong? I think it could be that I have to give the File Number .. but i don't know how ...

Please Help! ;o)

Thx by now for your Help ... FlexBackup is really really cool .. and i the Tape check will come in the Future, it seems to be the best ;o)

Great Work!

Nice Greetings

clynx

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [flexbackup-help] Some FlexBackup Questions (20-Nov-2003 5:38)
From:    ed...@co...
To:      cl...@vv...

> 
> [ cl...@vv... wrote: ]
> > First One: Is it possible to define a Tapename on which the Backup Data
> > should go. If the wrong Backup is inside the TapeDrive, no backup is
> > made, and I recive an Error via E-Mail.
> 
> Nope, no such facility exists now.  
> 
> It does use a numeric "index key" for each tape, so this kind of thing
> could be added, perhaps like:
>  
>     run a command such as "flexbackup -dir xxxxxxxx -tapekey 12345678"
>     when about to do a a backup
>          get tape index off the drive (code already does this)
>          compare to desired key
>          if not equal, exit
>   
> > Second One: Is it possible to throw out the Tape when backup finished
> > successfull? One small think, but nice Feature ;o)
> 
> Not all tapes drives support that operation.
> 
> Someone sent a simple suggestion the other day though 
> (flexbackup <whatever> && mt offline)
> 
> > Third One:
> > I have here 12 Tapes. 6 per Week. Every Day, excluding Sunday, a Full
> > Backup should be done, overwriting the Tape Content that exists on the
> > Tape (if the right Tape is insight, see point 2). When Week ends the
> > Tapes are switched. The Tapes from the 'last' week are placed in an
> > secret Place, and the other 6 Tapes are written. When next week is gone,
> > the Tape from the Secret Place came back, and will be used for
> > Backups. (I hope you got me right ;o) Is it possible with FlexBackup?
> 
> I think that's just a methodology question.  Sure, you can arrange it
> however you want.  "flexbackup -level 0 -erase" will wipe the tape and do a
> full backup every day if you want it to.... swap the tapes as much as you
> like.  As mentioned above, there is no label-checking mechanism currently.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
>  Edwin Huffstutler 
>  ed...@co...   GnuPG Key ID: AE782DC9
>