Re: Diferential Backup [What does "differential backup" mean]

2003-06-25 Thread Roberto Samarone Araujo (RSA)
I'm using Linux and dump. Roberto Samarone Araujo > [This is a meta-answer, because I've heard people say "differential > backup", but I had no darn idea what it meant, and I figure there > might be others out there in the same boat!] > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:30:41AM -0300, Roberto Samar

Re: Diferential Backup [What does "differential backup" mean]

2003-06-25 Thread Jay Lessert
[This is a meta-answer, because I've heard people say "differential backup", but I had no darn idea what it meant, and I figure there might be others out there in the same boat!] On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:30:41AM -0300, Roberto Samarone Araujo (RSA) wrote: > It it possible to use amanda t

Re: Diferential Backup

2003-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 25 June 2003 10:01, Ean Kingston wrote: >> -Original Message- >> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 at 9:51am, Ean Kingston wrote >> >> > I don't believe so. Amanda uses either the vendor supplied dump >> > program, or GNU tar to do the backup. I know GNU tar does not do >> > differential bac

RE: Diferential Backup

2003-06-25 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 at 9:51am, Ean Kingston wrote > I don't believe so. Amanda uses either the vendor supplied dump > program, or GNU tar to do the backup. I know GNU tar does not do > differential backup and AFAIK none of the vendor supplied dump programs > will do differential backup either (

Re: Diferential Backup

2003-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 25 June 2003 07:30, Roberto Samarone Araujo (RSA) wrote: >Hi, > > It it possible to use amanda to do diferential backups ? Are > there any specific configuration ? > Amanda will do differentials AFTER amanda has done a full. This is so that there is a baseline reference date est

RE: Diferential Backup

2003-06-25 Thread Ean Kingston
> -Original Message- > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 at 9:51am, Ean Kingston wrote > > > I don't believe so. Amanda uses either the vendor supplied dump > > program, or GNU tar to do the backup. I know GNU tar does not do > > differential backup and AFAIK none of the vendor supplied > dump prog

RE: Diferential Backup

2003-06-25 Thread Ean Kingston
Hi Roberto, I don't believe so. Amanda uses either the vendor supplied dump program, or GNU tar to do the backup. I know GNU tar does not do differential backup and AFAIK none of the vendor supplied dump programs will do differential backup either (I'm pretty sure for Solaris, AIX, *BSD, and Li