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- From: c2p@ORNL.GOV (PERKINS C C)
- Subject: Re: SYBASE Database backup on remote tape drive
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.182231.9349@ornl.gov>
- Sender: usenet@ornl.gov (News poster)
- Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- References: <ByMsIq.yw@shakti.ncst.ernet.in> <1g92fgINNja4@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:22:31 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <1g92fgINNja4@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, sob@TMC.EDU (Stan Barber) writes:
- >In article <ByMsIq.yw@shakti.ncst.ernet.in> shobhana@shakti.ncst.ernet.in (Shobhana) writes:
- >>I posted the following earlier:
- >>
- >> Can one "DUMP DATABASE" on remote tape drive?
- >> If so how?
- >> Kindly mail solution(if any) to me.
- >
- >The easiest solution is to DUMP DATABASE to a local disk file and then
- >tar or something like that to a remote tape drive. It may be possible
- >for Sybase to make use of an RFS mounted tape drive. We have not tried that
- >(as yet).
- >--
- >Stan internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu Director, Networking
- >Olan uucp: rutgers!bcm!sob and Systems Support
- >Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine
-
-
- It's almost always better to dump to a local disk file first anyway, IMO...
- then you can compress the dump. Saves tape, lets you keep it longer, and
- dumps much faster anyway.
-
- Neil.
- c2p@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov
-