TAR (Tape archive in unix)

Case scenario ( archive  compress  backup)

1) check contents to backup

% cd /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124
%
% ls -ltr
total 10
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 1482 Apr 17 2006 TEST170406.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 285 Apr 17 2006 TEST170402.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 0 Apr 17 2006 TRY1
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 0 Apr 20 2006 170403.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 171 Apr 20 2006 200406.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 171 Apr 20 2006 20042006TEST.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bpsi02 sapsys 0 May 02 2006 TEST

2) create archive
note : all the contents to backup will be archive in test.tar

% tar cvf /tmp/test.tar /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124

a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TEST170406.TXT 3 blocks.
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TEST170402.TXT 1 blocks.
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/170403.TXT 0 blocks.
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TRY1 0 blocks.
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/200406.TXT 1 blocks.
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/20042006TEST.TXT 1 blocks.
a /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TEST 0 blocks.

3) Archive created

% cd /tmp
% ls -ltr *.tar

-rw-rw-r-- 1 ctmagent ctmgroup 10240 May 24 13:15 test.tar

4) Check content of the archive

% tar tvf /tmp/test.tar

drwxrwxr-x 207 212 0 May 02 11:35:38 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 1482 Apr 17 10:25:50 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TEST170406.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 285 Apr 17 11:10:04 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TEST170402.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 0 Apr 20 16:10:36 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/170403.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 0 Apr 17 16:44:29 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TRY1
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 171 Apr 20 16:22:36 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/200406.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 171 Apr 20 16:50:20 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/20042006TEST.TXT
-rw-rw-r-- 245 201 0 May 02 11:35:38 2006 /intf/cibs/rezone/S0124/TEST

5) Compress archive

% compress /tmp/test.tar

6) New compress archive created

% cd /tmp
% ls -ltr *.Z

-rw-rw-r-- 1 ctmagent ctmgroup 1666 May 24 13:15 test.tar.Z

7) Backup to tape

% tar cvf /dev/rmt0 /tmp/test.tar.Z

8) Check backup content in tape

% tar tvf /dev/rmt0

Case scenario (to check tape status)

% mt -f /dev/rmt0 status
rmt0 Available 3A-08-00-6,0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive
attribute value description user_settable

block_size 1024 BLOCK size (0=variable length) True

compress yes Use data COMPRESSION True
density_set_1 38 DENSITY setting #1 True
density_set_2 37 DENSITY setting #2 True
extfm yes Use EXTENDED file marks True
mode yes Use DEVICE BUFFERS during writes True
ret no RETENSION on tape change or reset True
ret_error yes RETURN error on tape change or reset True
size_in_mb 20480 Size in Megabytes False