On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Just a quick question, I want to know the best method to backup say 2 key linux
> servers I have running. These both machines run Debian 2.1, and are connected
> to the same physical lan.
>
> One machine has a SCSI tape unit (being DDS2 I think), and I am wondering how
> someone would recommend doing the backup of both machines onto this one tape
> unit. I currently use dump grep it out to a bzip2 compression, and then dump
> the file to the filesystem, as I am yet to get the tape all configured and
> going. But before I do I want some ideas.
Have a look at http://www.amanda.org/ - amanda is designed to do the sorta
thing you want.
> Mainly curious about how the other machine without the tape unit,
> would backup up to the device on the other machine. Would this be
> shared out via NFS?
Amanda has its own client/server protocol. The backups themselves use dump
or tar, and can be compressed either in software or hardware.
Charlie Brady
Aurema Pty Ltd
PO Box 305, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Tel: +61 2 9698 2322, Fax: +61 2 9699 9174
"I think it would be a good idea." Ghandi, on Western Civilisation.
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