George,
It's not the only reason I'm sure, but if you wish to exclude files from
your archive you must use tar. Dump does not allow this.
Drew
On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 11:42, Henson, George Mr JMLFDC wrote:
> All,
>
> We are still new to Amanda and would greatly appreciate some advise on
> how t
Yes, one of the big differences is that 'tar' lets you break up larger
filesystems into smaller, more manageable DLEs, as well as excluding
specific files or file patterns.
Be sure that you use 'tar' version 1.13.25 -- nothing older, and nothing
newer, until you hear that someone has certified
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Also, I've found that 'tar' seems to take longer in the estimate phase
> than do 'dump' (and 'vxdump'), but for all I know, that could be due to
> local influences (e.g., disk traffic). Or has anyone else also found it
> to be the case that 'tar' es
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:42:14AM -0500, Henson, George Mr JMLFDC wrote:
> What are the advantages or disadvantages to using tar instead
> of dump?
(This is partially brief repetition, but also contains new
points.)
In dump's favour:
- The estimate phase is faster
- It doesn't change any of