Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote:
> Bharat Mistry wrote:
>
>> I have a spare LTO2 as a result of a Windows Server upgrade
>>
>> I'd like to install it on my BackupPC box and Archive to Tape once a
>> week
>> (BackupPC installed on SME Server)
>>
>> I use the following to backup to DAT tape on other SME servers:
>>
>> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
>> tar -cvf /dev/st0 /home > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/scripts/
>> tape_backup.log
>> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
>> mt -f /dev/nst0 eject
>>
>> There are 4 Pc's which are important and the users have asked if
>> they can have a weekly Tape backup.
>>
>> Do I simply backup /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/pc1 on Monday, /var/lib/
>> BackupPC/pc/pc2 on Tuesday etc
>
> Take a look at BackupPC_tarCreate if you want to create plain tar
> archives from BackupPC backups for writing to tapes.
There is also the 'archive host' concept where you can use the web
interface to start a run.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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