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copy mksysb tape to disk

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nAtHaNs

nAtHaNs

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Feb 14, 2002
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hello gurus,

I have a mksysb of one of our nodes on tape. How can I make a copy of it to disk so that I can restore the system backup using nodecond? Is there a way for a node to boot the tape and restore its system backup?

thank you all.

nAtHaNs
 
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mt -f /dev/rmt0 rewind (replace rmt0 with your tape drive)
mt -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3
dd if=/dev/rmt0.1 of=somefilenamewhichwillbethemksysbimage

As for a node booting it ? Only if it is SCSI directly attached or SAN zoned.

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