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- Procedure for doing a restore (Revised: $Date: 92/06/10 13:15:42 $).
-
- 0. Summary
-
- /sprite/admin/restore -v [-n 6] [-r] -f /dev/rst05.nr /sprite/foobar
-
- This restores /sprite/foobar from tape rst05. The -n flag specifies
- a particular dump file on the tape. The -r flag does the restore
- relative to the current directory, rather than the original location.
-
- 1. The first thing you need to do is find a tape that contains
- the file you want to restore. A level zero dump is done once
- a week (usually over the weekend) and contains all the files.
- Level one dumps are done on the other days. Each level one dump
- contains all the files that have been modified since the last
- level zero dump.
-
- The file /sprite/admin/dump/dumpdates contains a list of recent
- dumps. If you have created or changed the file since the latest
- level zero, you can use a subsequent level one dump, otherwise
- you should use the most recent level zero.
-
- Each line in /sprite/admin/dump/dumpdates has information
- about a filesystem dump. The first number is the tape number.
- Starting from the end of the file and working forward, find the
- tape number that corresponds to the filesystem that contains the
- file you want to restore.
-
- If the dump was done in the last day or two, then the tape
- that contains it may still be in the tape drive. That is
- the first place you should look. The tape number is written
- on the back of the tape, and should be visible when the tape
- is in the drive.
-
- If it is not in the drive it is probably in Evans 608-2 in the
- rack on the wall (over the map of the Middle East).
-
- There are two Exabyte drives, both in 608-2, attached to
- Sassafras. The top drive usually holds the tape for the daily
- dumps. Unless you're restoring from that tape, it's usually
- better to use the (usually empty) drive beneath it.
-
- 2. If necessary, remove the tape that is currently in the exabyte:
- Push the button on the drive. The green light should go out
- immediately. The drive will whir for about 30 seconds or so, and
- then the tape will pop out.
-
- 3. Put the dump tape into the exabyte. Close the door. The
- drive will emit about 30 seconds of whirring noise, and then
- the green light should come on.
-
- 4. If you are restoring files that you do not have write permission
- for, you will need to run the restore as the super-user.
-
- You should login to sassafras to do the restore. Remote login is
- fine, but you should avoid logging out until the restore is
- finished.
-
- Type `/sprite/admin.sun4/restore -v -f <device> <pathname>'.
-
- The device names for the tape drives are /dev/rst04.nr (for the
- drive labeled "target 4") and /dev/rst05.nr ("target 5").
-
- The path name should be a hard, absolute path. It should not
- contain any symbolic links. If you specify a symbolic link, then
- the link will be restored, but not the file it points to. Be
- especially careful about using ~ to mean your home directory.
- This is often a symbolic link in the /users directory. You should
- use the hard path instead.
-
- The pathname can be a single file, a directory, or a
- regular expression.
-
- The -v option to restore means `verbose' and will cause the
- files to be listed as they are restored. Once all your files
- are restored you can kill the restore process. This is often
- convenient, since it can otherwise take several hours to scan
- to the end of the tape.
-
- If you want to restore a file without overwriting a current
- file of the same name, then you can use the -r option to restore.
- This will cause the leading '/' to be stripped off the restored
- files. They will be restored relative to the current directory
- instead of root.
-
- There are often multiple copies of a filesystem on a tape. If
- there is only one copy of a filesystem on a tape, then the
- restore program will know which copy to use. But since the
- daily dumps are appended to the same tape for several days,
- there are often multiple copies of a filesystem on a tape. In
- this case you need to tell the restore program which one you
- want to use. You can figure out which file to use by either
- looking at the file /sprite/admin/dump/dumpdates, or by reading
- the label on the tape. You can read the label on the tape by
- using the command `` dump -t -f <device> ''. The file number
- is the second number on each line. Use that argument with the
- -n option to restore to tell it which file to use.
-
- Here is an example. Lets say you are using the tape drive on
- allspice and the tape is already in the drive. When you type
- `` dump -t -f /hosts/allspice/dev/exabyte.norewind '' it prints
-
- 108 01 1 7977882 Tue Jul 3 02:20:29 1990 /user1
- 108 02 1 10111764 Tue Jul 3 02:33:06 1990 /user2
- 108 03 1 2529351 Tue Jul 3 02:42:05 1990 /user4
- 108 04 1 0 Tue Jul 3 02:49:19 1990 /postdev
- 108 05 1 4471199 Tue Jul 3 02:53:57 1990 /mic
- 108 06 1 22500114 Tue Jul 3 03:17:54 1990 /sprite
- 108 07 1 11044107 Tue Jul 3 03:29:16 1990 /sprite/src
- 108 08 1 76187648 Tue Jul 3 03:41:55 1990 /sprite/src/kernel
- 108 09 1 7679234 Tue Jul 3 04:03:50 1990 /c
- 108 10 1 74240 Tue Jul 3 04:33:57 1990 /b
- 108 11 1 4330284 Tue Jul 3 05:25:10 1990 /X11
- 108 12 1 0 Tue Jul 3 05:33:02 1990 /X11/R3
- 108 13 1 1620000 Tue Jul 3 05:39:15 1990 /newroot
- 108 14 1 16934100 Tue Jul 3 06:03:20 1990 /scratch3
- 108 15 1 542694 Tue Jul 3 06:10:39 1990 /
- 108 16 1 496976 Tue Jul 3 06:35:44 1990 /tic
- 108 17 1 10336362 Wed Jul 4 06:16:53 1990 /user1
- 108 18 1 12253526 Wed Jul 4 06:29:19 1990 /user2
- 108 19 1 4762611 Wed Jul 4 06:40:44 1990 /user4
- 108 20 1 420875 Wed Jul 4 06:49:43 1990 /postdev
- 108 21 1 24229891 Wed Jul 4 06:56:17 1990 /mic
- 108 22 1 31474112 Wed Jul 4 07:21:02 1990 /sprite
- 108 23 1 22377767 Wed Jul 4 07:34:55 1990 /sprite/src
- 108 24 1 101965368 Wed Jul 4 07:49:05 1990 /sprite/src/kernel
- 108 25 1 21589264 Wed Jul 4 08:14:21 1990 /c
- 108 26 1 74240 Wed Jul 4 08:36:38 1990 /b
- 108 27 1 18857383 Wed Jul 4 08:55:40 1990 /X11
- 108 28 1 152091 Wed Jul 4 09:09:33 1990 /X11/R3
- 108 29 1 1620000 Wed Jul 4 09:18:28 1990 /newroot
- 108 30 1 17130708 Wed Jul 4 09:52:58 1990 /scratch3
- 108 31 1 1742978 Wed Jul 4 10:03:14 1990 /
- 108 32 1 2158018 Wed Jul 4 10:34:22 1990 /tic
-
- The first number on each line is the tape number. So this must
- be tape 108. That number should also be written on the back of
- the tape, and the tape box. The second number is the file number.
- These should be sequential numbers. The tape label itself is the
- 0th file on the tape. /user1 is the 1st file, /mic is the 2nd, etc.
- The next number is the number of bytes the file contains. The
- next entry is the date and time the files were dumped.
-
- Let's say you want to restore the file /sprite/foobar from
- the dump on July 3. /sprite is the 6th file on the tape.
- You should use the command:
-
- restore -v -n 6 -f /hosts/allspice/dev/exabyte.norewind /sprite/foobar
-
- If you want to restore the same file from the July 4 dump then
- you should use the command:
-
- restore -v -n 22 -f /hosts/allspice/dev/exabyte.norewind /sprite/foobar
-
- The restore program will skip 22 files before invoking tar.
-
- When the tape drive is reading the tape the orange light next
- to the green light will be on. When it is done reading the
- tape the orange light will go off, but the green light will
- stay on.
-
- 5. Remove the tape, put it back in the correct box, and then put
- it back where you got it from.
-
- If there was a tape in the drive when you started, make sure
- you put it back when you are done.
-
- 6. For more information see the manual entries for `dump' and `restore'.
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