15.7. Restoring data from tape devices


You can restore data from a tape device by using the tar command. For more information, see the mt(1) and tar(1) man pages on your system.

Prerequisites

  1. You have installed the mt-st package. For more information, see Installing tape drive management tool.
  2. Data is written to the tape device. For more information, see Writing to rewinding tape devices or Writing to non-rewinding tape devices.

Procedure

  • For rewinding tape devices /dev/st0:

    • Restore the /source/directory/:

      # tar -xzf /dev/st0 /source/directory/
  • For non-rewinding tape devices /dev/nst0:

    • Rewind the tape device:

      # mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
    • Restore the etc directory:

      # tar -xzf /dev/nst0 /source/directory/
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