Re: Backing up across the network...
jamesh (jamesh@Interpath.com)
Wed, 15 Jan 1997 20:11:33 -0500
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > 3) Move the tape drive from the NT box to a linux box. Problem, I
> > don't think Linux supports a Seagate TapeStore 8000, TR4 tapedrive.
>
> If its a SCSI or IDE tape drive it should work. They are a standard. That
> leaves you with the 'how to back up NT when there aren't any useful backup
> tools for remote backup NT to Unix
>
> > 4) Some method of streaming data onto the tape from the network.
> > This idea sounds the best, but also is the most complicated. One ways to
> > do this is to write a special program for NT that takes data coming in on
> > a TCP/IP socket and write it to tape. Doable, but a real pain and lots of
>
> This is how Unix systems do it. Rmt provides remote streaming access to
> magnetic tape drives.
>
> Alan
There is a tar for Windows called somthing like ??wtar?? . The
oak.oakland.edu site is a good place to look for it. I'm not sure hosw
it works with NT though.
-James