Topic: Tape Restore

[dj_ramjet99@hotmail.com]

Sorry, I meant the taper how-to as it does not appear to be on Darrells site anymore.

[Jon]

I hope its not out of line to post this.
Darrell found some issues with Taper and made the following post to dev info which would explain why you might not be able to find it on his site.

"I was just reviewing SME backup options and upon visitng the Taper web-site
(http://taper.sourceforge.net/) found the following:

[begin]
The current stable version does not support archives greater than 4gb (ie. it is 32 bit). Although the backups may appear to work, it will not restore because of overflow errors.

The Alpha version can be used, however, this is still under development and archive formats are likely to change between versions. [end]

I would suggest Mitel remove Taper from the iso, until this issue is resolved.  Copy of this message will be forwarded to 'bugs' momentarily.

Regards,

--
Darrell May
DMC Netsourced.com
http://netsourced.com
http://myEZserver.com

"
End Quote

Jon

[Kelvin]

Hi DJ,

Yes, there is a long known 4GB limit with taper. I only ever use taper for systems that are not likely to have files growing beyond 4GB on backup (such as systems only used as a gateway or pop mail server). As long as the backup is below 4GB, I have no concerns with using taper. Hey, I run my business off an SME server and I use taper to store my files. Old stuff, I archive away on CDs and only current stuff sit on my server (hardly touch 1GB yet). So, 4GB, no sweat !

As I hoped all along, work is now being done to convert to 64bit which will overcome the 4GB issue. When that happens, the how-to would probably come back - possibly with a how-to for upgrading existing users to the new version of taper. Who knows, the new version might have automated restore facilities as well (which apparently is lacking in the current version).

Kelvin

[dj_ramjet99]

Cool, cheers for that advice, might have gotten myself into BIG trouble!!!

HAve gotten everything working well with the restore now rpm, just took ages to do a restore (getting me very worried)