Galen Johnson wrote:
around it) and 4) using tar doesn't allow you to span multiple tapes.
Let's focus on 4 as to me that is the biggest issue.
That's not the reason. Besides you can use dump too.
The reason is that the backup program is not not talking to
the tapedrive. The dump/tar program ru
Amanda doesn't use tar to write to the tape directly, so the ability of
tar or star to span tapes or not isn't the issue. Amanda makes a dump
image, which has a header followed by what ever backup format was used
on the client OS. Then the image is then written out to tape, even if
you are backin
Also Sprach Galen Johnson:
> Does/can amanda utilize star? This would be one of the most useful
> capabilities I can foresee for Amanda (quiet Windows users).
>
> Thoughts/comments?
>
> =G=
GNU tar can do multi-volume network backups as well. So can most dump
variants. They use the rmt inte
Hey,
I was talking with a colleague and amanda came up since we have both
used it at previous jobs for penny-pinching companies (that and it is
awesome). We were discussing the fact that Amanda has a few problems
that really holds it back from more adoption. 1) No gui for a user
interface whi
