RE: Open file backup?

2007-10-19 Thread Johan Booysen
To: JJB Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: Open file backup? Amanda doesn't actually handle reading the files; it uses dump (available on BSD and traditional unixes) and GNU tar (available pretty much everywhere) to read files and make a dump stream. I'm not sure if you're asking about

Re: Open file backup?

2007-10-19 Thread Greg Troxel
Amanda doesn't actually handle reading the files; it uses dump (available on BSD and traditional unixes) and GNU tar (available pretty much everywhere) to read files and make a dump stream. I'm not sure if you're asking about a problem where some methods skip files that are currently open, issues

Re: Open file backup?

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Chris Hoogendyk wrote: Greg Troxel wrote: Amanda doesn't actually handle reading the files; it uses dump (available on BSD and traditional unixes) and GNU tar (available pretty much everywhere) to read files and make a dump stream. I'm not sure if you're asking about a problem where some

Re: Open file backup?

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Greg Troxel wrote: Amanda doesn't actually handle reading the files; it uses dump (available on BSD and traditional unixes) and GNU tar (available pretty much everywhere) to read files and make a dump stream. I'm not sure if you're asking about a problem where some methods skip files that are

Open file backup?

2007-10-19 Thread JJB
Hello, Does Amanda's mac and windows client software allow open files to be backed up the way that commercial backup software like EMC Retrospect (what we are using now) does? I tried to find info on this by doing a Google search and came across only one post that said something like you

Re: Open file backup?

2007-10-19 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:46:59AM -0700, JJB wrote: Hello, Does Amanda's mac and windows client software allow open files to be backed up the way that commercial backup software like EMC Retrospect (what we are using now) does? Haven't heard any problems with Mac's as they now are

Re: Open File Backup

2001-08-31 Thread John R. Jackson
I'm interested in using this software in a web server enviroment. Will it backup DB2 database files while they are being used? Or at least an image of the database at its current state. You're asking the wrong people. Amanda does not do backups itself. It runs other programs (typically GNU tar

Open File Backup

2001-08-31 Thread Keith
I'm interested in using this software in a web server enviroment. Will it backup DB2 database files while they are being used? Or at least an image of the database at its current state. Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note: Digital Scope Ltd. has ensured that all incoming emails are