It's amazing that a utility like dump/restore, which has been part of UNIX
since forever, can reach the state where it's considered a dead project
and be
unsupported...
- Stefan.
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
Hi Tom,
Tom Robinson <tom.robin...@motec.com.au> (Mi 23 Sep 2015 01:05:39 CEST):
CentOS 5, amanda server 2.6.0p2-1.rhel5
CentOS 7, amanda client 3.3.3-13.el7
I'm configuring a new client into our backups with two GNUTAR based DLEs and
one DUMP based DLE. The
DUMP based one fails:
…
Once I was writing a 'dump' Amanda plugin, until I discovered that
- support from maintainer of Dump just does not exist
- Dump seems to be a dead project
And from my point of view fatally:
- Dump created dumps that restore couldn't open. It wasn't
restores's fault, the dumps where already output broken.
Thus I'd strongly recommend not to use dump for any sort of a backup you
may need one day.
Best regards from Dresden/Germany
Viele Grüße aus Dresden
Heiko Schlittermann
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