George, It's not the only reason I'm sure, but if you wish to exclude files from your archive you must use tar. Dump does not allow this.
Drew On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 11:42, Henson, George Mr JMLFDC wrote: > All, > > We are still new to Amanda and would greatly appreciate some advise on > how to best configure the system > > What are the advantages or disadvantages to using tar instead of dump? > Is there a difference in restoring a single file? a file system? or > the whole system? (other then changing restore to tar x) > > If it helps, we are using HP/UX 11i (on an N class system) to backup > about 10 client (HP/UX 11, HP/UX 11i, and Linux) onto LTO media using > a C7200 silo/changer. > > Thank you, > George Henson >
