--On Thursday, June 12, 2003 17:23:41 -0700 Ashwin Kotian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How big are the filesystems that you backup from the > netapp filer ? > If you are happy using TAR for doing Amanda backups on > the Netapp, I'd like to try the same on my backup > host. Since my Netapp is at about 90 Gb usage with one > of the mounted directories close to 50 Gb, backups > using dump/restore fail for the Netapp. The NetApps are hundreds of gigs, I backup filesystems on it that are less than 20GB. Just make sure that a full backup of each filesystem will fit on one tape. Also, you might want a 'catch-all' entry with the proper excludes to pick up anything new. For example, if you have a /filer/home directory with subdirectories of bob, carol, and ted, and you make a disklist entry for each of those, also make one for /filer/home with excludes for ./bob ./carol and ./ted so that if someone later adds an 'alice' directory it will also get backed up. > > Is the restore process starightforward, while > "amdumping" using the TAR program ? Yes, especially if you turn on indexing Frank