Ray Todd Stevens wrote:
> 
> 
> OK I have the system so that I can save an archive off to tape.  (select the 
> tape
> host -> start an archive --> select the hosts to be archived --> press the 
> start
> button at the bottom of the page)
> 
> But if and when I need to recover the data that is on that tape how do I do 
> that?

You'll end up with a normal tar archive, so the restore would be the 
same as if you had created a tar tape directly.

> After all a backup is only as good as the restore procedure.

You can use something like 'tar -tv /dev/tape' to check the tape files, 
-xv to copy them into your current directory.  Add 'z' if you used 
compression - you might need a blocking factor, depending on the tape 
type.  In a real disaster scenario you'll work from a bootable CD or do 
enough of a system install to have the tape working and a place to drop 
the files.  Note that if you still have access to the backuppc server 
you can also run Backuppc_tarCreate via ssh to get a tar stream over the 
network instead.

I've never put more than one host on a tape so I'm not sure what is 
involved in separating them if you do.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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