Just a couple of extra comments.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 10:28:14AM +1000, Ivan Rayner wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
>
> > If I perform the following:
> >
> > xfsdump -f /dev/nst0 -L "Boot FS" -m "test1" /boot
> > xfsdump -f /dev/nst0 -L "Home FS" -m "test1" /home
>
> I assume you used -M and not -m. Also, you don't need to use the
> non-rewind device here - xfsdump will take care of dumping /home after
> /boot on the tape.
If it finds an existing dump it will search for the stream terminator
file (which marks the end of the dump) to start dumping a new session
to. No rewinds or forward spacing is needed if all the tape
has is xfs dumps.
>
> > mt /dev/st0 rewind
> > then
> > xfsrestore -f /dev/st0 -t
> > I only get data from /boot listed..and thats all that xfsrestore says it has
> > found.
>
> It would've examined the first dump. If you want it to examine the second
> dump, you will need to run xfsrestore again.
>
> Note also, that since you are using the rewinding tape device here, your
> second xfsrestore will also examine the first dump. However, xfsrestore
> should give you the option to skip that dump, and examine the next.
>
Or you could have specified the session label for the one you wanted:
xfsrestore -f /dev/st0 -t -L "Home FS"
--Tim
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