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Urgent about restore data from tape
Name: chenzhen Date: August 23, 2005 at 07:32:53 Pacific OS: Solaris 8 CPU/Ram: 1G RAM
Comment:
Hi,
One day I turn back on one Solaris I found that another Solaris can't bootup, then I found that first Solaris one folder disappear (the 2nd Solaris mount first solaris so it can't bootup)
1. The first Solaris need me to fsck, a vol seems have problem. Then I found that one important folder disappear. Any hint on why the folder disappear? --can I check?
2. I try to restore the data from tape (tar xvf /dev/rmt/0 ), strange thing happan, the data in the tape is FAR larger than the free space in the filesystem, I have no hint on how to restore the data back to the Solaris, very strange....do I need to set anything when restoring the data? Thanks!!
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