Q. I would like to Backup all directories in /home to /dev/st0 tape drive. How do I use script to automate task and what commands do I need to use?
A. Use tar command to backup /home directory. The GNU version of the tar archiving utility included with all Linux distributions. Following tar command also works with Solaris/HP-UX UNIX and FreeBSD/*BSD oses.
For example tar command to backup /home should be as follows:
# tar -czf /dev/st0 /home
Where,
- /dev/st0 : Linux SCSI Tape device name
- /home : Home directory name
This will also backup hidden files and directories. Since this topic is already covered, please refer scripts and previous posts:
- Linux tape backup with mt and tar command - howto
- Howto: Use tar command through network over ssh session
- Shell script to backup directories & files from your home directory and email them as .tar.gz file
- Backup shell script to backup selected directories and upload securely (gpg) to FTP server
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This site is extremely helpful in learning scsi tape backup in Linux. I wish you good luck and thank you all for the help.
This site helped me lots. thanks for all this brilliant effort.
i had tried to take backup of whole system , backup has started but there is not any messages apperas after finishing the backup after taking servral hours