On Saturday 19 August 2006 11:10, Geert Batsleer wrote: > Hello, > > I want to backup my PE2800 on tape but I'm not sure how to do this. > > My PE2800 has a RAID5 setup with 2 72GB SCSI disks and a Seagate DAT-2 72GB > internal tape-streamer and I'm running Centos 4.3 with the latest yum > updates. > > I'm not sure if this tape-streamer is recognised by the OS properly because > it doesn't show up along with my DVD/floppy > > I also recieved with the server a copy of Galaxy Express software from Dell > but from what it looks this seems to be more of a client/server > backupprogram and not really functional on a standalone server. > > So how does one backs up + restores a complete HD (incl. MBR) like a ghost > image or something on a tape. Any good software or howto's you can suggest > would be much appreciated. > > kind regards, > > Geert Geert, Have a look at the mt command. This will amongst other things show you the status of the tapedrive ( mt -f /dev/mt0 status ). /dev/mt0 is most likely the devicename for your tapedrive. I can recommend Lone-tar from www.cactus.com. Have long time experience with it, very good and solid. Bare metal restore from two floppies (or CD) and your tape in under 2 hours. Lots of options but still easy. You can download a trial version. Costs somewhere between 400 and 500 Euro's. If that's is too much, have a look at Bacula. No personal experience with that though. Good luck, -- Paul Schoonderwoerd Pollux IT - Open Source oplossingen & Netwerkbeveiliging tel: 0294-283832 http://www.Pollux-IT.nl