Interesting.   First the tar thing definitely did not work. 

Second it sure might be good to have this in the documentation.  It might be 
even cooler to 
have a restore from tape function as a part of the application.


> 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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