Name
CatalystX::Usul::TapeBackup - Provides tape device methods
Version
0.7.$Revision: 1181 $
Synopsis
use CatalystX::Usul::TapeBackup;Description
Provides methods to perform tape backups using either dump or tar
Subroutines/Methods
new
Constructor
eject
Ejects the tape in the selected drive
get_status
For the given filesystem volume, looks up all the data used by the backup_view method
process
Called from a command line wrapper this method executes the actual dump or tar command
start
Calls the external command line wrapper which performs the backup. Runs the command asynchronously so that it can return immediately to the action that called it
_get_last
For the given filesystem volume this method stashes values for last_dump and last_level which it parses from the data in the file pointed to by the dump_dates attribute (defaults to /etc/dumpdates). Called by the "retrieve" method
Diagnostics
None
Configuration and Environment
None
Dependencies
Incompatibilities
There are no known incompatibilities in this module
Bugs and Limitations
There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome
Author
Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>
License and Copyright
Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE