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- From: kv56962@cs.tut.fi (V{{r{nen Kari)
- Subject: Re: BudTool
- In-Reply-To: ericm@microunity.com's message of Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00: 53:38 GMT
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:50:41 GMT
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- We've been using BudTool for a couple of months now. We chose it
- because we thought it the best to supply our needs.
-
- This is what we wanted:
-
- 1) standard UNIX utilities for tape writing (dump)
- 2) it should be able to backup all our machines (Sun,
- DECstation, HP, SGI)
- 3) unattended operation
- 4) it should work on X (openwindows)
-
- We bought BudTool with a EXB-10i (the smart stacker). We have a
- EXB-8500 inside the stacker. We have a Sun 4/370 as a media server. We
- have disks in several machines which are not all Suns.
-
- How has it worked? Mostly well. What does not work?
-
- It doesn't support ULTRIX the way I thought it would. I can back the
- disks up but retrieval won't work. (However, I can restore the files
- by hand on media server's disks and then rcp them to the ULTRIX
- machine.) Delta Microsystems suggested me trying cpio instead of dump
- but I haven't had the time to try it yet.
-
- Neither does it support Sun 386i dumps properly. The dumps are OK
- (both dump and retrieval) but the file history doesn't work. (Well,
- Delta's folks told me BudTool works OK on every Sun. Apparently 386i
- isn't a real Sun... :o)
-
- I haven't tried the dumps for HP and SGI yet.
-
- Am I satisfied with BudTool? Yes.
-
- Would I buy it again? Very likely yes.
-
- (I think BudTool is at its best when used with a stacker. We have to
- change the 10 tape box on mondays and tuesdays (0-dumps monthly,
- 2-dumps weekly and 4-dumps daily). We are now backing up about 12 GB
- of disks...)
-
- kjv
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- SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH (The dolphins)
- Kari Vaaranen Tampere University of Technology
- Kraatarinraitti 7A1, kv56962@cs.tut.fi
- SF-33270 Tampere, FINLAND kjv@tampella.fi
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