Kurt Lieber said: > Not a direct answer to your question, but check out > http://www.linux-backup.net. > > They have some great linux backup resources there including several example > backup scripts. > > --kurt > On Wednesday 24 October 2001 08:01, Alexander Wallace wrote: >> Hello there! I have a 2 gb dat drive and I would like to backup my server >> periodicaly. It works, it's /dev/st0... I know I can use mt to do stuff >> with the drive and tar to backup stuff... But is there a better way???
Yes. Dump (http://dump.sf.net). Has all the features you'd expect (or at least that I would. It is a standard (or at least common) *NIX tool. It is very stable, but is active in the sense that bugs get fixed when the are found. Great support on the mailing list. Use the non-rewinding device (i.e. /dev/nst0) when dumping more than one filesystem. (Everyone asks this) -Peter
