From: thomas w (thomas5657@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 15:52:54 EDT
Thanks to all who replied, following is a reply from
bill:
--- Bill Hassell <blh@freedom.atl.hp.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I can not find the command "tcio" in my new
> installed
> > 11i host, any ideas?
>
> Wow, tcio (if you mean the backup utility) shoule
> *never* be used
> for any backups today--period!
>
> If you look at the man page for tcio, it states:
>
> "tcio - Command Set 80 CS/80 Cartridge Tape
> Utility"
>
> That means: HPIB (not SCSI, not Fibre channel,
> nothing newer than
> 10 years ago)
>
> It is impossible for tcio to backup any file
> larger than 2Gb, it
> will not handle ACLs, has no error recovery
> capability and was never
> designed (or tested) on DDS, DLT and any modern
> tape drive.
>
> Do not use tar, cpio, tcio, pax or dump for a
> backup method!
> The only free utility is fbackup and while it is a
> good quality
> tool that overcomes all the limitations of archaic
> Unix tools,
> if you are in production, don't use
> freeware/bundled-ware for
> something as important as a backup strategy. Look
> at HP's
> Omniback or HiComp's HiBack.
>
> --
> Bill Hassell
> Remote Engineering Services
> HP Atlanta Response Center
> email: blh@atl.hp.com
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