Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 07:55:14 -0600 From: Oscar Ricardo Silva <oscars@mail.utexas.edu> To: Eivind Olsen <eivind@aminor.no>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any good backup-programs? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020228075232.00b0d658@mail.utexas.edu> In-Reply-To: <1189055361.1014883972@[10.100.16.124]>
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At 08:12 AM 2/28/2002 +0100, Eivind Olsen, you wrote: >Hello. > >I'd like to implement some backup-solution on my FreeBSD 4.5 box, but I'm >not sure which backup-system would be the right for me. I've read a bit >about tar, dump, Amanda etc., but I'm not sure what to go for. > >The FreeBSD-box doesn't have any tapedrive, CD-burner etc., but I'd still >like it to be the backup master, creating ISO-images that can be burned on >another computer. > >The backup-solution should be able to handle the following: > >- backing up selected areas of the FreeBSD-box directory-structure >- backing up remote volumes (specifically: SMB shares on two Windows 2K/XP >computers) >- being capable of doing both full and incremental backups >- the backup-data should ideally be put into an ISO image, ready for >transfer/burning at another computer >- it should keep catalogs of what's being backed up, making it easy to >find out where a file or directory was backed up > >I could always make some rudimentary solution by writing shell or >Perl-scripts that do a "tar" of some directories, "smbtar" of some >SMB-shares" etc., but if there already exists a solution/framework for >this I'll try that instead. I've had great luck with Amanda. It will use either dump or tar, giving you some flexibility. Amanda will do all of your requirements except for the iSO image. If you want though, you can do a backup entirely to the holding disk and then burn an image of that holding disk directly onto CD (or whatever media you want). Oscar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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