I was also a fan of Bacula for doing LTO at the scale of a small/medium MSP. There were several things it handled *much* better than any other open source option I could find relating to scale and autochanging libraries.
-Blake On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Jon Moore <supermegat...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had nice luck using Bacula in the past. There is a learning curve to > it, but once you're past the hills it's very nice. > > It sounds that you're wanting to backup data from a USB drive to the LTO > tapes? Do the USB drives get changed out? If so, you might be just as > simply to us tar directory to write the contents to the tapes. Using > Amanda/Bacula/other backup software usually doesn't handle backing up FROM > removable media in the most intuitive way. > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <shadowhun...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Just hook up the drives to your backup server controlling the library, and >> run the backup run on that filesystem. >> >> It's relatively easy, depending on what backup software you use. I've >> never done this operation before, so I can't affirm it's ease through >> experience, but the process is pretty simple, you'll just need to create a >> new backup job for the appropriate filesystems. It'll only go as fast as the >> USB bus can handle, of course. >> >> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, >> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all >> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and >> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all >> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG >> episode "The Drumhead" >> - Alex Smith >> - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) >> >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Michael L <helpwithmath...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello NLUG, >>> For those of you out there that use LTO tapes for data backup, can anyone >>> share some knowledge / recommendations regarding LTO backup software for a >>> SpectraLogic T50e tape library. >>> >>> I was told about Amanda / Zmanda and I've run into Archiware while I was >>> at NAB. I need to back up USB 2.0 and 3.0 drives to LTO6 tapes. Currently >>> have CentOS installed for this. >>> >>> Thank you >>> M >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
