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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

ProcedureHow to Copy Files to a Remote Tape Device (tar and dd)

Steps

  1. The following prerequisites must be met to use a remote tape drive:

    1. The local host name and optionally, the user name of the user doing the copy, must appear in the remote system's /etc/hosts.equiv file. Or, the user doing the copy must have his or her home directory accessible on the remote machine, and have the local machine name in $HOME/.rhosts.

      For more information, see the hosts.equiv(4) man page.

    2. An entry for the remote system must be in the local system's /etc/inet/hosts file or in the name service hosts file.

  2. To test whether you have the appropriate permission to execute a remote command, try the following:


    $ rsh remotehost echo test

    If test is echoed back to you, you have permission to execute remote commands. If Permission denied is echoed back to you, check your setup as described in step 1.

  3. Change to the directory where you want to put the files.

  4. Insert the tape into the tape drive.

  5. Copy the files to a remote tape drive. 


    $ tar cvf - filenames | rsh remote-host dd of=/dev/rmt/n obs=block-size
    tar cf

    Creates a tape archive, lists the files as they are archived, and specifies the tape device.

    v

    Provides additional information about the tar file entries.

    - (Hyphen)

    Represents a placeholder for the tape device.

    filenames

    Identifies the files to be copied. Separate multiple files with spaces.

    | rsh remote-host

    Pipes the tar command's output to a remote shell.

    dd of= /dev/rmt/n

    Represents the output device.

    obs=block-size

    Represents the blocking factor.

  6. Remove the tape from the drive. Write the names of the files on the tape label.

Example 27–11 Copying Files to a Remote Tape Drive (tar and dd)


# tar cvf - * | rsh mercury dd of=/dev/rmt/0 obs=126b
a answers/ 0 tape blocks
a answers/test129 1 tape blocks
a sc.directives/ 0 tape blocks
a sc.directives/sc.190089 1 tape blocks
a tests/ 0 tape blocks
a tests/test131 1 tape blocks
6+9 records in
0+1 records out