Re: [foxboro] mounting a remote tape drive for backup purposes

Hello Paride,

first of all thanks for quick response. So, here are my observations.
I downloaded and installed the QF991274c scripts and entered the commands you 
sent me. What i got after starting the backup script were the following 
messages:
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Enter station type:     - i entered "WP" because i want to backup a WP 
Setting up default device parameters
Remote backup assumes default parameter setup
Can't determine remote tape device
/usr/local/backup aborting
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Additionally i've started the find_tape script, but it told me that it cannot 
find a tape device either.
Questions:      (1)     What is meant by "<AWletterbug_w/streamer>"? I just 
used the AW                                                 letterbug because i 
don't know to what device (you wrote streamer)                                  
    i should refer to.
                (2)     Should the find_tape script be able to detect a tape 
device after i                                     entered the 
mount..,trap..,trap..,mac_daemon.. - commmands?
                (3)     What does those commands accomplish? I've never seen a 
Filesystem "vfox" in the                         mount command?

Best Regards
Rocco  


-----Original Message-----
From: Bertollini, Paride [mailto:Pbertoll@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:57 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] mounting a remote tape drive for backup purposes



Try this (as our guru Alex often says):
1 You have to include AW/WP letterbug in the /.rhosts files of AW/WP.
2 Use quick fix 991274c scripts for backup/restore
3 Shutdown to single user mode the WP=20
4 on the WP: #sh <ctrl>
             #mount -F vfox /foxboro /dev/foxboro <ctrl>
             #trap "" 16 <ctrl>
             #trap "" 17 <ctrl>
             #/usr/fox/exten/mac_daemon /dev/le 0 1 > /dev/null & =
<ctrl>
(/dev/hme if style D or style E)
             #/usr/local/backup <AWletterbug_w/streamer>=20

The AW data/bus will be "loaded" by data flow but not "overloaded".

bye=20

Paride Bertollini


-----Original Message-----
From: Penndorf, Rocco (RP) [mailto:RPPenndorf@xxxxxxx]
Sent: gioved=EC 10 aprile 2003 9.32
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] mounting a remote tape drive for backup purposes



Hi list,

the setup in our plant is as follows. We're running 5 nodes with 5 =
AW51's
and 9 WP's attached to it.=20
The AW's do have external tape drives, the WP's don't. In order to do a =
full
backup of a WP we connected one of the AW tape drives to the WP and =
boot the
WP from cdrom.=20
Questions:=20
Is it possible to fully backup a WP on a tape drive what is connected =
to an
AW? - without booting the WP from cdrom
How can i make the AW tape drive seeable from WP?
Will this backup process (through network) slow down the machine too =
much?


Regards    =20
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Rocco Penndorf
Process Control Engineer / Acrylic Acid Plant
DOW - Boehlen
Tel.: +49 (0) 34206-8-7524
Fax: +49 (0) 34206-8-7522
E-Mail: rppenndorf@xxxxxxx


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