Bharat Mistry wrote:

> I have a spare LTO2 as a result of a Windows Server upgrade
>
> I'd like to install it on my BackupPC box and Archive to Tape once a  
> week
> (BackupPC installed on SME Server)
>
> I use the following to backup to DAT tape on other SME servers:
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> tar -cvf /dev/st0 /home > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/scripts/ 
> tape_backup.log
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/nst0 eject
>
> There are 4 Pc's which are important and the users have asked if  
> they can have a weekly Tape backup.
>
> Do I simply backup /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/pc1  on Monday, /var/lib/ 
> BackupPC/pc/pc2 on Tuesday etc

Take a look at BackupPC_tarCreate if you want to create plain tar  
archives from BackupPC backups for writing to tapes.

Nils Breunese.

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