mksysb problems
Darren King
the first part bof the tape with 'tctl fsf 3' and then do 'tar tvf /dev/rmt0'
and I get a complete list of the files. Great. I want the '/usr/local'
dir. structure back, so I type 'tar xvf /dev/rmt0 /usr/local'. This
works on all other UNIX systems I use. However, on the IBM, it just
sits there, spins the tape for a while and returns silently...NO files
were restored!!! What gives? Am I missing something obvious?
thanx...
dk.
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Urban A. Haas
> I am having problems restoring files from a mksysb tape. I move past
> the first part bof the tape with 'tctl fsf 3' and then do 'tar tvf /dev/rmt0'
> and I get a complete list of the files. Great. I want the '/usr/local'
> dir. structure back, so I type 'tar xvf /dev/rmt0 /usr/local'. This
> works on all other UNIX systems I use. However, on the IBM, it just
> sits there, spins the tape for a while and returns silently...NO files
> were restored!!! What gives? Am I missing something obvious?
Try 'tar xvf /dev/rmt0 ./usr/local' (noting the period before /usr). Mksysb on
AIX makes a relative backup of the filesystem so you can restore any portion
into another directory of your choosing. If you want them back in /usr/local,
change directory to the '/' directory before running the command.
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Ronald S. Woan
A couple of things. You may have inadvertantly rewound the tape, and I
believe files are tared with relative paths. The sequence should be.
cd /
tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 rewind
tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3
tar -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./usr/local
Or at least that's my best guess without trying it.
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Cameron Ferstat
In article <3vijh8$a...@gbc.gbrownc.on.ca>, dk...@gbc.gbrownc.on.ca (Darren King) writes:
> I am having problems restoring files from a mksysb tape. I move past
> the first part bof the tape with 'tctl fsf 3' and then do 'tar tvf /dev/rmt0'
> and I get a complete list of the files. Great. I want the '/usr/local'
> dir. structure back, so I type 'tar xvf /dev/rmt0 /usr/local'.
First thing - you did reposition the tape after doing the tar tvf?
But I'm sure your problem is the fact that the files are backed up using a
relative path. Try:
tar xvf /dev/rmt0 ./usr/local
> This
> works on all other UNIX systems I use. However, on the IBM, it just
> sits there, spins the tape for a while and returns silently...NO files
> were restored!!! What gives? Am I missing something obvious?
I guess all your other UNIX systems would behave the same - you need to
match the filename/path EXACTLY.
>
> thanx...
>
> dk.
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> Darren King, George Brown College :: -> dk...@gbrownc.on.ca
>
Cheers,
Cam.
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Tim Bell
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 fsf 3
tar xvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./usr/local/....
Tim.
Laurent Dullaart
>
> rmt0 will cause the device to rewind.. you want to use rmt0.1
>
> tctl -f /dev/rmt0 fsf 3
tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3
Ron Wigmore
: A couple of things. You may have inadvertantly rewound the tape, and I
: believe files are tared with relative paths. The sequence should be.
: cd /
: tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 rewind
: tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3
: tar -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 ./usr/local
I know this works under AIX 3.2.5, I've done it myself, but a co-worker
says it doesn't work on our new AIX 4.1.3 system. Has the procedure
changed for 4.1 or did he just do something wrong?
Ron,,,