Dump from cron job, need to change tape

Bob Collins bob at anything-inc.com
Mon Jul 21 11:38:09 PDT 2003


Sorry to repost, but wanted to post with a subject line.

>I hope I am not asking a NewB question, but I read through dump and cron 
>and see no obvious way to run a nightly dump through cron AND allow user 
>intervention to change the tape.
>
>I am running a DDS2 tape drive and trying to backup around 12GB. The tape 
>runs to the end, issues the end of tape, and then dump fails. I would like 
>to be able to change the tape and get a backup.
>
>Do I need to use some other software, or am I missing a switch or 
>something somewhere?
>
>TIA
>Bob



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