Howard Zhou schrieb:
>
> Hi, Amanda Users,
>
> I am new to Amanda software. I have two concerns to clarify before I explore
> futher.
>
> 1) Does Amanda support incremental backup? It should be obvisou but I didn't
> see it on the feature list on Amanda home page. Is it easy to schedule full
> backup and incremental backups?
amanda plans the full/incemental backup schedule itself. The algorithm
will try to put as much full backups into the tape cycle as the number
of tapes permit.
> 2) If I set up Amanda on a FreeBSD server, can I set up Amanda to backup
> Windows Clients? If so, do I need any support software in addition? Would
> Samba be good enough? To my understanding, Samba allows Windows client to
> see file systems on Unix system. In this case, it's vice versa. So I am
> concerned.
Yes, and yes. Samba and amanda play along quite the way you like it.
Configuring windows to get backed up will be the most painsome process.
Use the ports to install, it will automagically work like a charm on
FreeBSD.
HTH
-Christoph Sold
