How to access a tape drive on Solaris 2.5

[gn00kie]

Hi, our client have 2 Solaris boxes having Solaris 2.5 OS. A tape drive is attached to machine 1. What the customer wants is to access that tape drive using machine 2. When we try to do it, using this syntax, tar tvf remote_machine:/dev/rmt/0, we encounter a device not exist error. When accessing the tape drive locally, it has no problem. Any solution for this problem? TIA

 

[Annihilannic]

I don't think tar supports that remote host syntax. You may be thinking of ufsdump, which does?

Annihilannic.

 

[gn00kie]

are there no other way where in i can pipe it with rlogin?how to do it using ufsdump?

 

[Annihilannic]

Hmm, what is the customer trying to do, back up or restore?

ufsdump is the command to back up, ufsrestore is the command to restore.

To do the equivalent of what you were doing:

[tt]ufsrestore tf remotehostname:/dev/rmt/0[/tt]

However obviously it would have to be a ufsdump backup on the tape to read it.

Yes, you could use rsh, e.g.

[tt]rsh remotehost dd if=/dev/rmt/0 | tar tvf -[/tt]

Annihilannic.

 

[gn00kie]

ok.thanks for your reply...

 

[KenCunningham]

Beware that the ufsrestore might (I can't recall, but seem to have a nasty feeling) restore the files on the remote machine, not the one the ufsrestore is issued from. This might not be what you want!

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[Annihilannic]

Not with the command I quoted...? If you did an rsh remotehost ufsrestore ... then of course it might?

Annihilannic.

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry, Anni, I can't remember the exact circumstances, but it is entirely possible that I mangled the command anyway!!

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.