Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread John R Pierce
Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi all, My only encounter with tape-backup was with Windows 2000. With it, when we backup things using windows' backup tool, it will create a 'catalog', then the catalog contains all the backup operations we do based on date. So, with this we can append many backups into

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Kevin Thorpe
I found Amanda rather complex for what we wanted to do (simple backup of a single server to a single tape drive). We eventually decided on BRU (www.tolisgroup.com). It's not free, but the simple 'workstation' version isn't very expensive. Their support staff are really helpful as well. Free

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Terry Polzin
On Thursday May 15 2008, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 15 May 2008 07:34, John R Pierce wrote: I recommend buying some commercial tape backup software..   freeware for tape is woefully poor. Not so. Take a look at Amanda. Runs under linux, can handle backup for whole network (multiple

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 15 May 2008 07:34, John R Pierce wrote: I recommend buying some commercial tape backup software..   freeware for tape is woefully poor. Not so. Take a look at Amanda. Runs under linux, can handle backup for whole network (multiple domains, too, I think) and is utterly reliable.

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Ray Leventhal
Kevin Thorpe wrote: I found Amanda rather complex for what we wanted to do (simple backup of a single server to a single tape drive). We eventually decided on BRU (www.tolisgroup.com). It's not free, but the simple 'workstation' version isn't very expensive. Their support staff are really

RE: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Dennis McLeod
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:34 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Tape operation Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi all, My only encounter with tape-backup

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Martyn Drake
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not so. Take a look at Amanda. Runs under linux, can handle backup for whole network (multiple domains, too, I think) and is utterly reliable. It can backup to disk, tape or whatever. I third the Amanda vote. But also

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Ray Leventhal
Martyn Drake wrote: snip Arkeia (at least when I last used it several years ago) was pretty much all point-and-click. Regards, Martyn And therein lies one of the downfalls of Arkeia. Its ease of use requires X. I don't generally enable X on servers, but as this particular network is

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 15 May 2008 15:57, Dennis McLeod wrote: Spans tapes just fine (Manual changes...). I looked at amanda at the time, but there was some issues with Tape spanning, if I recall. Tape spanning arrived in amanda about two years ago. Anne ___

RE: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Mike Peterson
: Re: [CentOS] Tape operation I found Amanda rather complex for what we wanted to do (simple backup of a single server to a single tape drive). We eventually decided on BRU (www.tolisgroup.com). It's not free, but the simple 'workstation' version isn't very expensive. Their support staff are really