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To: Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@cynet.net.au>
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Mikel Lindsaar wrote:

> Being fairly new to FreeBSD (and Unix in general) I have now a need to set
> up a fairly comprehensive backup regieme.  A simple tar to /der/rst0 is no
> longer suitable.
... 
> Now, I know I can go without /tmp and there is no need to backup /proc but
> I want to be able to backup the remaining systems to a single tape, with a
> rotating tape log (5 tapes over a week)
...
> Does anyone out there have a good FAQ they could point me to, or have
> suggestions?

This sounds like a job for amanda:
  http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/index.html
Binaries for amanda ship with recent releases of FreeBSD - check
packages.