Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:15:23 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: scott@statsci.com Cc: terry@lambert.org, wjh@bhoss.ifx.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tar backup to another machine ? Message-ID: <199601051815.LAA02418@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199601051640.IAA18236@block.statsci.com> from "Scott Blachowicz" at Jan 5, 96 08:40:58 am
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> > You would probably be better off using the "Amanda" port in "packages" > > if your intent is to perform remote backups. > > Is it possible to use amanda to do backups without having a "work" disk? > At one point, I was fiddling with using it to manage backups on my home > system, but I just want it to manage the dumps. I don't need it to > parallelize anything or buffer anything (nor do I have the free disk space > to allow it to). > > Also, is it possible for amanda to put multiple days' backups on the same > tape? I've got a 2.3Gb tape drive (Exabyte), but I don't have THAT much > stuff to backup. Or does it really need one tape per backup run? > > Or am I better off just cobbling together my own scripts to automate it? > Or should I RTFM better/more thoroughly? :-) Er. I have to admit to using rdump. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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