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

The station type is the station that you have shut down to back up.
If the tape drive is connected to the same computer, there is no need for 
an argument to the backup script.
If the tape drive is connected elsewhere, then specify as an argument to 
the backup script the letterbug of the station that has the tape drive 
connected.
If the tape drive cannot be found with the above, you may have to shut down 
the station that has the tape drive connected (to the OK prompt) and then 
perform the command "boot -r" in order to get Solaris to add the tape drive.

Hope this helps,

Danny Love
Sr Service Engineer
Invensys Process Systems

At 02:49 AM 4/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>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:
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>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
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>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
>  =20
>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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