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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!vitro.com!vitro.com!eswgcs
- From: eswgcs%v8.decnet@v7.vitro.com
- Subject: New system administration.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.171335.1@sep.vitro.com>
- Summary: A new Sys. Administrator needs help.
- Lines: 46
- Sender: guest@vitro.com (DECnet default account)
- Reply-To: cstump@vitro.com
- Organization: Vitro Corporation
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:13:35 GMT
-
- I have recently become defacto system administrator of a SPARCstation 2.
- I am having a few problems that someone should either be able to easily
- answer.
-
- 1. I am attempting to back up the file system using the dump command.
- I am attempting to dump to /dev/rst0 which is a 150MB 1/4 in. tape.
- For example:
-
- dump 0suvn 700 /dev/sd0a
-
- I get the message:
-
- DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Dec 11 17:04:07 1992
- DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
- DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /dev/rmt8
- DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
- DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
- DUMP: estimated 13468 blocks (6.58MB) on 0.61 tape(s).
- DUMP: NEEDS ATTENTION: Cannot open volume. Do you want to retry the
- open?:
-
- Any suggestions???
-
-
- 2. Our SUN is connected to Internet via a VAX Mini named VITRO. Everything
- works fine as long as I use IP addresses. How do I fix up my SUN to use
- Internet site names. I have heard that there is a patch out there for this.
-
- 3. How do I go about making a bootable tape. Will the dump utility do this
- for me?
-
- 4. One lsat item. I am using a program to connect our VAXstations to the sun.
- When a user wants to run X applications on their VAXstations, they enter
-
- xdnet vax &
-
- where vax is the node name of their station. This program works fine,
- except that xdnet does not get killed when the user logs out. If
- multiple xdnets are running for the same vax node, problems arise. The
- vendor is "aware of the problem". The recommended fix is to check that
- an xdnet is running when a user logs in. If so, kill that xdent and start
- up a new one. What is the best way to do this?
-
-
- Thanks !!!!!!
-
-