Remote Tape Backups on Linux

My environment 

Linux OS: Oracle Linux 5.4

Tape drive attached server   192.168.1.1    oftest

Backup files located server   192.168.1.2    ofdev

The Command for backup

Here you will need the oftest server root password

when you execute the below command it will ask the oftest server password in order to backup or restore

tar cpvf - . | ssh user@host_with_tape_drive "/bin/dd of=/dev/st0"

Command 

cd /backup

tar cpvf - . | ssh root@ftest "/bin/dd of=/dev/st0"

Note :- Above command will be backup  /backup  folder to remote server tape drive  oftest server tape drive   

The Command for Restore

ssh user@host_with_tape_drive "/bin/dd if=/dev/st0" | tar xvpf -

cd /restore

ssh root@oftest  "/bin/dd if=/dev/st0" | tar xvpf –

Note :- Above command will be restore tape drive all content to created /restore folder from oftest backup content