man amgtar
I don't have the man page on my machines but I found this:
<http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/amgtar.8.html>
It does explain exclude patterns and provides a number of examples, but
what I am actually looking for are instructions for specific applications.
For example (WARNING: just an example. Do not use without review):
LINUX
Patterns:
./proc
./media
./mnt
./dev
SQUID CACHING PROXY
Patterns:
./var/spool/squid
POSTGRESQL
Add the data directories. Example patterns:
./var/lib/postgresql/7.4/main
Then backup using one of the following strategies:
...
VMWARE
Patterns:
*.vmem
*.vmem.lck
*.vmdk
*.vmdk.lck
Install the Amanda client on each virtual machine. Then change the
following settings on the Amanda server to prevent the virtual machines
backing up add the same time, slowing down disk reads:
...
Kind regards,
Johan Stuyts
