On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Dave Stracher wrote:
> Mitch --
>
> Thanks, I definitely can do it on my Linux boxes without a problem. Can I
> combine tar and dump backups on the same tape?
Yes, no problem.
> Will amrecover or amrestore
> know how to deal with a combination of both on the same tape or should I
> switch everything to tar?
amrestore pulls an image off the tape without actually knowing what
type of image it is. amrecover invokes amrestore to get the image
and then invokes the appropriate restore program to extract the
desired files. Again, no problem.
-Mitch
>
> Dave Stracher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitch Collinsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 9:54 PM
> To: Dave Stracher
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Help w/ Solaris
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Dave Stracher wrote:
>
> > specifying dump.
>
> It may not be possible to do subdirs with dump. It definitely depends
> on the dump that came with your OS. (I don't have Solaris experience
> and for some odd reason the only dump on a Solaris system I just peeked
> at looks like some sort of core dumping utility.) Dump normally does
> entire filesystems, though reports here say Linux dump does subdirs
> (if you even trust Linux dump at all). tar will do subdirs.
>
> -Mitch
>
>
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mitch Collinsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 7:40 PM
> > To: Dave Stracher
> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Re: Help w/ Solaris
> >
> >
> > > In linux I have been able to get amanda to do specific directories, can
> I
> > > not do that on a Solaris box?
> >
> > Are you specifying dump or tar?
> >
> > -Mitch
> >
>
