From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 4 16:36:47 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA03910 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 May 1995 16:36:47 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA03904 for ; Thu, 4 May 1995 16:36:43 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id TAA06833; Thu, 4 May 1995 19:27:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 19:27:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: backup? To: steve@cioeserv.cioe.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199505042140.QAA04538@cioeserv.cioe.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 4 May 1995 steve@cioeserv.cioe.com wrote: > What's the best mechanism for automating backups? I have a small LAN of > FreeBSD systems and would like them all to backup automatically (prefer > to the same device). Is selective backup a possiblity? the amanda package may be exactly what you want. backup all the machines to a single server. lable the tapes. the process is automated. get mail with the results. and on and on and on. > Where is the list of compatible hardware? Specifically tape drives? exabytes works very nicely ;) Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346