(tar.info.gz) Scripted Backups

Info Catalog

(tar.info.gz) Backup Parameters

(tar.info.gz) Backups

(tar.info.gz) Scripted Restoration

 
 Using the Backup Scripts
 ========================
 
      _(This message will disappear, once this node revised.)_
 
    The syntax for running a backup script is:
 
      `script-name' [TIME-TO-BE-RUN]
 
    where TIME-TO-BE-RUN can be a specific system time, or can be `now'.
 If you do not specify a time, the script runs at the time specified in
 `backup-specs'.
 
    You should start a script with a tape or disk mounted.  Once you
 start a script, it prompts you for new tapes or disks as it needs them.
 Media volumes don't have to correspond to archive files--a
 multi-volume archive can be started in the middle of a tape that
 already contains the end of another multi-volume archive.  The
 `restore' script prompts for media by its archive volume, so to avoid
 an error message you should keep track of which tape (or disk) contains
 which volume of the archive.
 
    The backup scripts write two files on the file system.  The first is
 a record file in `/etc/tar-backup/', which is used by the scripts to
 store and retrieve information about which files were dumped.  This
 file is not meant to be read by humans, and should not be deleted by
 them.
 
    The second file is a log file containing the names of the file
 systems and files dumped, what time the backup was made, and any error
 messages that were generated, as well as how much space was left in the
 media volume after the last volume of the archive was written.  You
 should check this log file after every backup.  The file name is
 `log-MMM-DDD-YYYY-level-1' or `log-MMM-DDD-YYYY-full'.
 
    The script also prints the name of each system being dumped to the
 standard output.
 

Info Catalog

(tar.info.gz) Backup Parameters

(tar.info.gz) Backups

(tar.info.gz) Scripted Restoration