ITEM: BR9256L

Can I use a different backup tool with sysback

Question:

Env:
  AIX 4.1.4
  RISC 590
  sysback 3.3.3.11
  Tape 7208-011 8mm 5gb

Desc:
  Customer would like to use tar or cpio instead of
  backbyname or backbyinode with sysback.  The customer
  needs all the basic functionality that sysback can
  provide (remote backups and controlling the autoloader)
  Can this be done.

Action:
  Not directly it can't, but here are some examples of
  some nondirect methods

Example of a local backup/restore using tar and sysback

BACKING UP THE DATA
-------------------                                            
tar -cvf- /home | sbwrite /dev/rmt0     
                                       
NOTE:
     see A-56 "sbwrite" in the sysback manual for more
     details 

RESTORING THE DATA   
------------------
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind 
sbread /dev/rmt0 | tar -tvf- 
   
NOTE:
     see A-53 "sbread" in the sysback manual for more 
     details               
                      
                                                         
Example of a remote backup using tar 
  
BACKING UP THE DATA
-------------------  
                                        
tar -cvf- /home | sbclient -i hades "sbwrite /dev/rmt0" 
  
RESTORING THE DATA
-------------------

sbclient hades "sbdevice -r /dev/rmt0" 
sbclient hades "sbread /dev/rmt0" | tar -tvf-   
   
NOTE: 
     see A-46 and A-49 "sbdevice and sbclient" for more
     details.  Also related topics are A-46 to A-59
     sbclient, sbcomp, sbuncomp, sbdevice, sbfwd, sbread, 
     and sbwrite.  



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Dated: December 1996 Category: N/A

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