Plus at least on 2.6, ufsdump cleans tar's clock when it comes to speed.
Dana Bourgeois > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: amanda article on sun.com > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:24:17PM +1300, Steve Wray wrote: > > Its interesting that they don't configure it to use gnu > tar... and so > > far as I can tell, none of the config that they give would > use gnutar > > to backup Solaris boxes. > > > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:02, Galen Johnson wrote: > > > Jon LaBadie wrote: > > > >Recently posted to the "Big Admin" > > > >section of Sun's website is a pretty > > > >long article on setting up amanda. > > > > > > > >Haven't read it yet, so I'm unable > > > >to comment on its content. > > > > > > > > >http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=47250049-814460813:10687624 99806 > > > > > > or > > > > > >http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/backups_amanda.html > > Strictly a guess at the rationale: standard Solaris does not come with gnutar an optionally installed package does include it, but it is version 1.13, not suitable for amanda. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)