REMOTE MKSYSB / TAR - ADVICE PLEASE!

[bigmansmac]

We have 2 x RS6000s but only 1 with a tape drive.
I know you can backup remotely , but what about doing a mksysb?
I can mksysb to a file then ftp the file to the server with the tape drive and tar the file to tape.
How can I boot from the mksysb for the server without the tape drive?

Can anyone come up with a painless solution.....Thanks

 

[LeDam]

i use the following command to make a backup for a special directory :

tar -cvf - * | rsh Host_With_tape "dd of=/dev/rmt0"

don't forget to specify the host you want to backup in the .rhosts from your Host_With_tape

For your mksysb, we do the following :
We use a network file system mount on the server with no tape. We backup to this NFS with the command mksysb -i -e /nfs/mksysbname
Then the crontab backup this NFS on tape.

if you have any problem, let me know.