From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 28 06:30:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA27607 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 06:30:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from login.bigblue.no (root@login.bigblue.no [194.19.68.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA27601 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 06:30:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eagle (eagle.bigblue.no [194.19.68.13]) by login.bigblue.no (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA11474; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:30:07 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199708281330.PAA11474@login.bigblue.no> From: "Frode Nordahl" To: "chrw" Cc: "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" Date: Thu, 28 Aug 97 15:30:03 +0100 Reply-To: "Frode Nordahl" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: backup strategy and implementation Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 10:47:37 +0200 (MET DST), chrw wrote: >I wanna take backup on 2 large IRIX hosts, using "tar" and "rmt" across the >network, using a tapestreamer on a FreeBSD "backup host".. I was thinking, >is there any problems in doing backups on IRIX using a streamer on a >FreeBSD machine? > >As far as I know, the "rmt", "tar" and "rsh" are the same protocols / >programs, regardless of hardware platform, or even unix variant.. But I am >not 100 % sure of this .. anyway, my streamer is a HP SureStore 6000, I was >a little confused by the hardware FAQ, it reads .. : >I hope someone can give me some good advice. Take a look at AMANDA http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/index.html This is a backup system made for doing remote backups to one machine. And has pretty advanced scheduling/planning features... Worth a try... - --------------------------------- Frode Nordahl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: cp850 iQCVAwUBNAWLa8+8mTmoL1kdAQGwfAP/RbQtQes9zyxqOhecOnP0SsFG0CmjrOmI LD4ydYo21CxUnMn1XPiyQClMrfchnh7xL1BXf3nYxIzKjeUjywG3ATzSAOKwRcgo uNgNKMA32HlnXx10FMw5OHVdgRUOgsCldFQUYkWvC3uM53Vs6+u6n90Wa85b/SHO eOrztT5KIVw= =gPbw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----