Alex:

That sounds interesting. You mean you copy the bootable cd and the backup 
software
to tape, boot with the bootable tape, and then install the backup agent? Can you
share your procedure? You have provided good insight.

Vishu
--- "Alex T. H. Li" <alexlihk AT HOTMAIL DOT COM> wrote:
> For Solaris, I will create a Bootable CD with Backup agent inside, such that
> they can boot up the defected machine by CD with starting the backup agent.
> After that, recover whole partition from Windows Backup Server.
>
> Hope it can help in Digial Unix.
>
> Alex Li
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Horwitz" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Diaster Recovery
>
>
> > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, vms unix wrote:
> > > server. What I have done in the past is, for DR, I usually use dumps,
> vrestores, and
> > > mt to  restore my system (not using the backup software). However, by
> having a
> > > Windows Backup server with the tape drive connected to it, I cannot use
> the rsh
> > > from the unix machine in order to to get to my dump files. Can somebody
> share tips
> > > on DR with a tape drive connected to a windows machine trying to restore
> a UNIX box,
> > > preferrable using mt commands and other utilities? If you know of a
> better way, let
> > > me know.
> >
> > If you must use Windows, consider installing the Cygwin utilities which
> > is a Unix shell that runs under Windows 2000. Its quite good and it might
> > meet your needs. See http://www.cygwin.com for details.
> >
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