Open tape format in Networker 6?

[MoshiachNow]

HI,

Is Open Tape Format (OTF) supported on Networker 6.02 ?
If yes - does it mean that the data written on an AIT drive on AIX format will be readable on NT ? "Long live king Moshiach !"
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[TDun]

It should still be the case, you should still be able to read versoin 5 tapes (via scanner if needed).
I've done the later and that worked, I don't have AIX, so can't confirm that.

 

[MoshiachNow]

Thanks,

But will Unix tapes written with Networker 6.02 be readable on NT ? "Long live king Moshiach !"
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[ulsj]

Hi!

Yes you can read all tapes written by networker on any OS that supports networker. The open tape format is the same on all platforms. Even next networker release 7.0 will have open tape format if i´m not wrong informed.
Althoug you cant do cross OS recover that is you can read index with scanner but you will not bee able to recover files written on unix to a NT(or different OS)box.

/Ulf

 

[MoshiachNow]

Thanks,
However I fail to get the point:


"...Yes you can read all tapes written by networker on any OS that supports networker..."

"...you will not bee able to recover files written on unix to a NT(or different OS)box..."

My need is to recover all files written on a Unix machine onto an NT machine - will this work ?

"Long live king Moshiach !"
h

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[ulsj]

Hi!

Ok now I understand. I have seen som info on this but I cant find it now. I will get back to you if I find it.
What unix OS r u running?

/Ulf

 

[MoshiachNow]

AIX 4.3.3 and 4.2.1 "Long live king Moshiach !"
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[john7]

LevW

No, networker will not allow you to do cross platform recovers. You can recover Windows to Windows and Unix to Unix. But you can not recover Windows to Unix or Unix to windows. If you could the data would loose all of its ownership and permissions information and it is also possible that the data may not be usable due to the way Windoww/Unix handles data recovery.

 

[MoshiachNow]

Thanks "Long live king Moshiach !"
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