dump with ssh - FIXED

[Richard Gliebe]

On 10/15/09 8:13 AM Richard Gliebe wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have to dump some ubuntu clients to a remote streamer tape using ssh.
> 
> starting the dump from the clients to the remote backup-server (FreeBSD 
> 7.2 STABLE) works fine.
> 
> # export RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
> # /sbin/dump -0uan -f <backup-server>:/dev/nsa0 /
> 
> But now, I want to start _all_ dumps from the backup-server to the local 
> streamer tape without mounting Client Filesystems with NFS.
> 
> Is there a way to do this with ssh connections from the backup-server to 
> the ubuntu clients?

I think, I've got it ;-)

<backup-server># ssh root@<ubuntu-client> "dump -0uan -f - /" >/dev/nsa0

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Richard