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Hi Steinar,

>I'm sure we could roll our based on freely available tools (eg. Amanda)
>- but by now I'm used to Tivoli ADSM/TSM, and *like* the convenience
>ADSM/TSM offers.  We need the ability to make backups (via Fast Ethernet)
>primarily of FreeBSD servers, but also Solaris, Linux and HP-UX. Easy
>restore is important.

Amanda works well, tho I did not had to check on restore yet :) I
think the restore works a bit like retore(8) does. You select the
files you want from a list then extract, and it will prompt you for
the tapes (or get them from your tape charger).

One good point, the user list is *active*, developpers do answer
questions, even stupid questions that could be solved by RTFM (I did
ask such question :)

I had it compiled on FreeBSD (various flavors), Solaris (old,
including SunOS 4.1). I heard there is issue with older Linux kernel.

>used with a decent sized tape library, probably LTO based, and FreeBSD
>4.3-STABLE.

Dunno what LTO is, my Amanda server is FBSD 4.3

According to a friend, best commercial would be by Veritas, tho their
FreeBSD client is old (3.3).

Best regards,

Olivier

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