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Comments and suggestions concerning this book should be mailed to gmourani@videotron.ca © Copyright 1999-2000 Gerhard Mourani and Open Network Architecture ® 462 · To use scp to copy a backup tape or file to a remote secure system, use the command: [admin@deep /]#  scp <localdir/to/filelocation> <user@host:/dir/for/file> Where <localdir/to/filelocation> is the directory where your backup file reside  on your local server, <user@host:/dir/for/file> represent in order, the username (user) of the person on the remote site that will hold the backup file, the hostname (host) of the remote host where you want to send the backup file, and the remote directory of this host where you want to place the transferred backup file. A real example will look like this: [admin@deep /]#  scp -Cp /backups/deep-01Feb.tar admin@backupserver:/archive/deep/deep- 01Feb.tar admin@backupserver's password: deep-01Feb.tgz            |      10479 KB | 154.1 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100% NOTE: The “C” option enable compression for fast data transfer over the encrypted session, the “p” option indicates that the modification and access times as well as modes of the source file should be preserved on the copy. This is usually desirable. It is important to note that the “dir/for/file” directory on the remote host (“/archive/deep” in our example) must be owned by the “username” your specify in your scp command (“admin” is this username in our example) or you may receive error message like: scp: /archive/deep/deep-01Feb.tar: Permission denied. · To use scp to copy a remote tape or file to the local system, use the command: [admin@deep /]#  scp <user@host:/dir/for/file> <localdir/to/filelocation> Where <user@host:/dir/for/file> represent in order, the username (user) of the person on the remote site that hold the backup file, the hostname (host) of the remote host where you want to get the backup file, and the remote directory of this host where the backup file is keeping, <localdir/to/filelocation> is the local directory on your system where your want to place the backup file you get from the remote host. A real example will look like this: [admin@deep /]#  scp -Cp admin@backupserver:/archive/deep/deep-01Feb.tar /backups admin@backupserver's password: deep-01Feb.tgz            |      10479 KB | 154.1 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100% NOTE: It is important to note that the “localdir/to/filelocation” directory on the local host (“/backups” in our example) must be owned by the “username” your specify in your scp command (“admin” is this username in our example) or you may receive error message like: /backups/deep-01Feb.tar: Permission denied. Alternatives to tar and dump backups AMANDA AMANDA Homepage: http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/ BRU BRU Homepage: http://www.bru.com/