I've found that AMANDA is only good for backing up data on smb shares, I
don't think you would want to use it to try a bare metal recovery of a
windows machine.
I used to backup some smb shares with it and I remember that some files
never got backed up cleanly.
On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 10:09,
On 2002.07.17 21:08 Patrick May wrote:
What exactly are you trying to back up that needs proving? Across the
network, even to SMB clients (Windows) can be done. I backup the local
machine (with the tape drive) and a Windows 98 client.
Quick question. How does AMANDA handle open files on SMB
I'd refer you to amanda.org for a discussion of the internal workings of
amanda. The user list is, as has been mentioned earlier on this thread,
very helpful.
Javier Gostling wrote:
On 2002.07.17 21:08 Patrick May wrote:
What exactly are you trying to back up that needs proving? Across
I am on the AMANDA list that another poster mentioned. From what I
gather, AMANDA, in the latest beta, can do back-ups to disk (which is
what you would want to do in your proof.
What exactly are you trying to back up that needs proving? Across the
network, even to SMB clients (Windows) can be
Title: Amanda Backups
Can someone help me, i'm trying to setup a backup machine using amanda on RH7, before we go out and get a dedicated machine to run the backups on i need to prove it can be down. The problem i have is the media i have to use, i have zip disks (tape will be used
On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 02:30, Burgess, Adam wrote:
Can someone help me, i'm trying to setup a backup machine using amanda on
RH7, before we go out and get a dedicated machine to run the backups on i
need to prove it can be down. The problem i have is the media i have to use,
i have zip disks
prove it can be down ?done?
I wouldn't call backing up to zip disks an accurate proof that you have
it working. you can setup amanda to run backups to the holding disk.
but it's still going to be a tough proof.
check this out.
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html
On Tue, 2002-07-16 at
