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Re: Copy Backup Tape?

2006-10-30 12:53:09
Subject: Re: Copy Backup Tape?
From: Steven Kurylo <steven.kurylo AT vcom DOT com>
To: Nicholas Brockner <nbrockne AT hamilton DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:43:48 -0800
Nicholas Brockner wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thinking maybe someone has a quick answer off of the top of their head:
>
> How can I copy just one of my backup tapes to another (exactly the
> same, amanda header and all).  I want to do this for my off-site
> monthly tape, which is never overwritten.  Using HP 6-slot changer
> (DAT-72 tapes). 
If you search the archives you'll find my partially finished script to
do so.

If you don't care about having the amanda indexes updated, you only need
to use dd.

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