[TriLUG] Backing up remote systems

[Vestal, Roy L.]

Correct, but I use dump to dump slices directly to a DLT, then use restore
to restore it back. I only use tar to archive.

I may be thinking of tar under solaris. I know I have problems restoring
ownerships from my archives even with -p.

However, this is a topic for another discussion. Hunter's original question
was about backing up to tape drives.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy P [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:29 AM
To: 'trilug at trilug.org'
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Backing up remote systems


On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Vestal, Roy L. wrote:

> My only problem with "tar" is that it doesn't store the dates and
> ownerships. I use dump and restore keep the dates and ownerships

Huh?  Tar certainly keeps a record of dates, ownership, and
permissions.  Dates are stored and restored by default; you'd have to work
extra hard to make that not happen!  (You can even save the access time
with GNU tar and the option --atime-preserve.)

To restore with permissions and ownership, give tar the
"-p" (permissions) and "--same-owner" options.

Roy, remember to RTFM before assuming something doesn't do something --
there very well may be an option! 

--Jeremy

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