On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Adam Haberlach wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:25:34AM -0500, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Travis Rail wrote: > > > > > All, > > > Is there any way that Amanda can backup specific file directories? > > > Every time I try to back up a single directory I get the following: > > > > > > mercury /var/qmail lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1] > > > > use tar rather than dump if you want to dump something less than > > a full filesystem. > > Can I get a bit more information? How do I do this? I'm about > to start backing up from a Solaris machine to a Linux machine, and I'm > not sure if the dumps are compatible (and I'd like to be able to dump > on a per-directory basis, too). In your disklist specify a dumptype that includes 'program "GNUTAR"' rather than 'program "DUMP"'. Dumptypes are defined in your amanda.conf. -Mitch
