Hi,

no idea about your DD problem,
but why do´nt you simply perform an out-of-bound backup to a disk (device
type=file) instead?

If you can afford the extra CPU and disk last generated through additional
backup process,
you will have supported configuration without extra external steps 
during backup and during restore.

regards
juraj



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Von: Horst Scherzer [mailto:Horst.Scherzer AT UNIVIE.AC DOT AT]
Gesendet: Montag, 31. März 2003 10:45
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: Copy DBBackup tape to disk (AIX)



Has anyone out there tried to copy a database backup tape to disk?
My goal is to create an 1:1 image of a database backup tape to (remote)
disks
during unattended times. Use of dd (dd read error: Not enough space) or
cat (creates a file white length 0) fails. tcopy works well for creating a
copy to tape, but: Is a there a similar (OS) tool for my concern?

Platform is AIX 4.3.3_09, TSM is 5.1.6.1.


Thx,
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