Get backup data

[rankar]

We just merged with a company that is running linux, I am not sure what version of linux, maybe someone could tell me how I could find this. My quetion is culd anyone tell me how to retrieve data from tape, I want to see what is being backed up.
Thanks,
RG

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

You could try 'cat /etc/issue' although that may not work for all linux distributions; 'uname -a' will show the active kernel version and some other information, again depending on distribution.

For tape see the 'mt' and 'tar' command manual pages ... command 'man mt' etc.


Rgds

 

[rankar]

Thanks ifincham, I am running Red Hat 7 (Guinness), now how do I find the tape device name. In UNIX I would use something like this to retreive data from a tape device;
ufsretore -ivf /dev/rmt/1, this /dev/rmt/xx, this is what I need, a device name, how or where could I find this?
Thanks,
RG

 

[KenCunningham]

Just a thought - can you deduce it from the backup script? HTH.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Mostly probably /dev/st0 (if first scsi tape drive). Assuming tar was used you could list what was on a tape by :

tar tvf /dev/st0

Regards

 

[rankar]

I have tried using /dev/st0 and it returns no such device, so I tried using /dev/st0 through st9, but same results. I was able to get an idea of what was being backed up from the backup script, thanks Ken, but I would still like to retrieve this data if needed.
Thank you,
RG

 

[rankar]

I found it, it's /dev/ht, it was in the scripts.

Thank you for all your help,
RG