Tape Dat 72 Backup</title. </head> <body> <h4>Notes</h4> <dl> <dt><tt>man mt</tt> <dd><tt>mt -f /dev/st0 status</tt> <dd><tt>mt -f /dev/st0 rewind</tt> <dd><tt>mt -f /dev/st0 offline</tt> </dt> <dt><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc">Debian docs <dd><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/system-administrator/ch-sysadmin-backup.html">backup</a> </dt> <dt><a href="http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/backuptools.htm">Debian Help</a></dt> </dl> <h4>Tape Backup Basics</h4> Backup <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind tar cvzf /dev/st0 path_to_backup mt -f /dev/st0 status tar tvzf /dev/st0 mt -f /dev/st0 offline </pre> List <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind tar tvzf /dev/st0 </pre> Restore <pre> cd relevant_location mt -f /dev/st0 rewind tar xvzf /dev/st0 path_to_restore </pre> Erase <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 erase </pre> <h4>cpio</h4> <p> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual/">Docs on cpio</a> </p? Backup <pre> cd relevant_location find . | cpio -ov -H tar -O /dev/st0 </pre> List <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind cpio -itv -I /dev/st0 </pre> Restore <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind cpio -ivmud -I /dev/st0 </pre> <h4>Other</h4> Copying from tape drive <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind dd if=/dev/sd0 of=file_name </pre> Copyring to tape drive <pre> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind dd if=file