Chris Karakas wrote:
>
> Eric Wadsworth wrote:
> >
> > My queries about two of my problems (backing up partial shares in Windows
> > boxes, and preventing monstrous report emails which include the list of
> > files of windows boxes backed up) have resulted in the same solution:
> > install 2.4.2-beta2.
> >
>
> Not exactly. Alexandre Oliva pointed out that you could also stay with
> 2.4.1.p1 but then you should apply the patches that you will find in
> www.amanda.org. I went this way myself and I can tell you that it works
> very well. Just keep an eye on the estimates AMANDA gets from the
> Windows clients - if there is something that the patches somehow did not
> correct, it will show up in this area (and in the error messages, of
> course!). That's for the second problem.
Thank you very much for this clarification. I guess I was a little confused
about the patches... I was using 2.4.1.p1 which I assummed had "the" patch. I
hadn't realized that there are more patches. I was using the FreeBSD ports
system, which I have since abandoned for this application; too constrictive.
> For the first problem, it was also suggested that you create an
> additional share comprising just the directories that you need to
> backup.
Yes, I've got several options here, thankfully.
> It is just unfair to say that "upgrade to a beta version" was the only
> solution offered. There is always some risk in both ways. Either you go
> for the current, official version and accept that you will have to patch
> it (but all you need is just one patch, why bother so much?), or you go
> for the "beta" one and accept its beta status. You'll have to take one
> risk or the other, but the concensus is that the risk is acceptable
> either way.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Chris Karakas
> Don�t waste your cpu time - crack rc5: http://www.distributed.net
I'll take these things into consideration. Thanks again!
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