How to Restore Files Using a Remote Tape Drive

You can restore files from a remote tape drive by adding remote-host: to the front of the tape device name, when using the ufsrestore command.

ufsrestore xf [user@]remote-host:/dev/rmt/n filename 

Example--Restoring Files Using a Remote Drive

The following example restores files using a remote tape drive /dev/rmt/0 on the system venus.

# ufsrestore xf venus:/dev/rmt/0 filename