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Specifying a tape device on a remote storage system

You can use tape devices attached to a remote storage systems for a backup.

Step

  1. To use a tape device on a remote storage system for the backup, use the f option and provide one or more tape devices, separated by commas, as a parameter to the f option.

    Do not repeat the remote machine name.

    Note: You cannot combine local and remote tape devices in a single command, and you can write to only one remote machine in a command.

Example

The following command performs a backup to a tape drive attached to a remote storage system named sales1. The tape drive does not rewind the tape.

dump 0f sales1:nrst0a /vol/vol1

The following list describes the elements of the command line:
0
Does a full backup.
f
Specifies that a tape device is supplied in the command line.
sales1
The name of the storage system that the tape drive is attached to.
nrst0a
The tape drive does not rewind the tape.
/vol/vol1
The volume to be backed up.