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From: ignatz@chinet.UUCP
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Has anyone rewritten multiple volume/cartridge tape backups?
Message-ID: <1926@chinet.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 09:19:44 EST
Article-I.D.: chinet.1926
Posted: Mon Nov 30 09:19:44 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 02:41:04 EST
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX, Chicago
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Keywords: 3B1, 7300, tape, backup

I just got my tape backup; a piece of cake to install, but somewhat
slow (and they did that stupid timing on the retension pass to *force*
you to use DC600A cartridges!  Grr..) but it beats the dangles off
doing a floppy backup on a 67Mb drive.  HOWEVER...

The backup software is v1.0, and looks like it; it's just not flexible
enough, and it makes some assumptions I don't like (i.e., it says it won't
backup the foundation set or utilities, assuming you'll do a multi-stage
recovery in case of catastrophe--first, reload the set, then utilities,
then your files.)  Personally, I'd take reloading from tape over a new
installation--and I haven't taken the tape scripts apart to see if
they honor changed foundation set files (many in my 'ua' directory.)
Other things, as well, such as specifying exception files and/or
directories to be omitted in a backup pass, etc., are not there--and I
don't expect a new version of the software, either.

Before I spend my time doing it, has anyone else come up with a more
general-purpose set of backup scripts?  The major thing I *do* want to
preserve is their handling of multiple logical volumes per cartridge.
(If not, I guess I'll have to do it...*sigh*.)  Thanks in advance,
etc.
-- 
			Dave Ihnat
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