man8/dosebackup

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Name

dosebackup - backup AMS data script

Synopsis

dosebackup [vol]

Description

This script is used to backup AMS data. An entire disk volume is backed up at one time. It is assumed that the capacity of the tape is large enough for the data to fit.

dosebackup is customized to meet each sites needs so it is located in the /AccelNET/$CONF/machcmds directory.

Arguments

vol

The volume name to backup. Volumes name are of the form volN where N is replaced by an integer value.

Notes

dosebackup uses tar(1) to do its work. See the tar(1) manual page for more information.

Normally this script is run by csadmin. The permissions on the tape device, usually /dev/st0, may need to be changed for csadmin to have access to the tape drive.

Examples

dosebackup vol1
dosebackup vol2

Manual page revision

$Id: dosebackup.8,v 1.0 1999/01/08 21:24:59 kitchen Exp $


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