problem with restore

[sylvan dacounha]

Dear ALL;
  
I am using REDHAT 9 server and doin a back up on remote tape but the restore gives prblem
   
   
  let me expalin
   
   
  I have a redhad 9 server and my tape drive is on a SUN Solaris server.
  iam backing up the redhat 9 server on the tape drive attached to the SUN machine
  thats doin a remote backup
   
  the tape is dds3 type.
   
  i use the command from the linux machine to backup on tape attached to SUn server
   
  rdump 0f xx.xx.xx.02:/dev/rmt/0hbn /
   
  and it backs up succesfully witout any errors
   
  but i want to restore now
  so from the linux machine i use  the command
   
  restore -if xx.xx.xx.02:/dev/rmt/0hbn
   
  but it gives me a error message
   
  Connection to xx.xx.xx.02 established.  ----- where  xx.xx.xx.02is the SUN server IP
  restore: Tape is not a dump tape
   
  if i use tar command
   
  tar -tvf xx.xx.xx.02:/dev/rmt/0hbn it says
   
  tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
   
   
  now if i go to the SUN sparc machine and run tar command 
   
  tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0hbn
   
  it says
  tar: directory checksum error
   
   
  if i run ufsrestore
   
  ufsrestore -ivh /dev/rmt/0hbn
   
  its says
   
  Verify volume and initialize maps
Media block size is 20
Volume is not in dump format
   
  how can i test my restore .. or which command can i run with swiches for a sucessful restore
   
   
  also how can i list the contents of tape
   
   
  thanks and Regards
   
   
  simon
   
   
   
   
   

 
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