I personally don't use amanda but invoke a backup script from a cron job which runs every nite on at 2 on specified directorys and tar's them to tape and then rewinds. Read the tar manpage for the specifics.
For example..if you want to backup your /etc with your backup device being /dev/ast0 and rewind the tape when done you would use /dev/rast0 No rewind uses /dev/nrast0 Also read the man page on mt. You should be able to do all of this yourself without using amanda. Good Luck, Ed -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@;FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kirk R. Wythers Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: backups - setting up amanda I have a travan TR-5 tape drive that is going unused on my personal workstation (I've been backing up /home on zip250). I am interested in setting up a automated back schedule and have heard good things about Amanda. However, I am confused about how to set up Amanda. There seem to be some differences in freebsd's Amanda port and the documentation I see on amanda.org. For example rather than configure amanda manually, the Makefile seems to handle that. Also file locations seem a bit different from the directions I see on: http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html Can anyone who has set up Amanda from the ports collection provide a blow by blow of a freebsd'ish amanda setup? Thanks, -- Kirk R. Wythers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Minnesota tel: 612.625.2261 Department of Forest Resources fax: 612.625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
