On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 07:49:22PM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 06:24:38PM -0500, I wrote:
> > I have completed tests with small files, and am now running a test w/
> > 8GB or so of data.
>
> It works, using shunt/flyisofs. I will be making offsite backups much much
> more than I will be restoring them, and this is fairly easy:
>
> shunt -c 'dump -0af - /path/to/backups' +
> 'flyisofs mbc=2295104 fbc=2000000 |
> growisofs -Z /dev/rcd0c=/dev/fd/0'
>
> The shunt program prompts to start the dump, and also prompts to start
> flyisofs, so one must depress ENTER twice after entering this rather long
> command. Note that mbc = media sectors. DVD+RW uses 2,295,104 2048-byte
> sectors. Note also that fbc is under 4GB, to avoid any ISO9660 problems.
>
> The flyisofs program will close when the ISO is full, and shunt will prompt
> me to restart it, so I have time to change media and press ENTER again.
Looks good.
> > I am going to look into amanda, it may solve all my operational issues. It
> > could make disaster recovery a little more complex, as it is 3rd party
> > software.
>
> I have looked. 2.4.5 is really for tape only. 2.5.0 has not been ported,
> and its introduction mentions optical, but ... it is the same as 2.4.5; you
> must write backups to hard drive in CD or DVD sizes, and then burn them
> manually.
I use AMANDA, and am mostly happy with it - but yes, it's for tapes, and
using it for anything else is not a particularly good call.
> > Even if I end up going with Amanda, I may still port shunt so that is
> > available for others.
>
> I've started, I should have it done this evening, and will post it on ports@
> when I think it's ready.
Nice.
Joachim
