On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Frederic Medery wrote: > I want to replace NFS by OpenAFS. > I know that inside afs cell, root is not god anymore. > > So can I still use amanda with afs ?
Hi Frederic, To save re-typing, here is a copy of my answer to someone who asked this a few weeks ago. -Mitch ----------------- From: Mitch Collinsworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 16:38:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: amanda and OpenAFS? On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there anyone backing up OpenAFS using amanda? Is there anything > special that needs to be done, or is it just like backing up any > other file system? > > I'd like to use gnutar if possible. We are, and I've heard from a few other sites who also are. Don't have a good feel for how many yet. OpenAFS is not just like "any other" filesystem. In general, root is nobody special to OpenAFS. So your backup program needs to acquire appropriate privilege to read files. If you can do that (reauth is one way), you can just use gnutar. But then you'll back up the file contents without the ACLs and volume structure needed to put everything back the way it was before the Bad Thing that happened that caused your need to perform a restore. First stop: read docs/HOWTO-AFS This is just a pointer, but it tells you where to find some code we put together a few years ago to backup OpenAFS with amanda more or less "right". I say "or less" because there are still some improvements I'd like to make sometime. One new item, for those who've heard all this before. Just today we created a new mailing list for amanda-afs users. Info can be found here: http://lists.ccmr.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/amanda-afs -Mitch
