Re: ontape back-up/restore to remote device

Andreas Zeugswetter wrote: > > The following reply from David was incorrect: > > for the backup there is only one open and one close > only at restore time, two open calls occur in the described manner. > Yes, I can verify that this is true. There's no problem in using ontape to dump to the 2nd (or whatever) archive on a tape using /dev/rmt/0n. It's no use to man or beast 'though (well, certainly not beast), as you can't restore from the archive for the reasons David Williams gave. Neil