Unconfirmed rumor has it that Amanda can run under Cygwin. Whether this includes the server side and/or tape writes is unknown. This might neatly solve your problem.
If you do get it working, please, please let us know how. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using Remote Tape Drive on Windows NT > > > SHORT VERSION: > I would like to use amanda to backup a handful of > linux and windows NT boxes where the tape drive is > installed on one of the Windows NT boxes. Can anyone > point me in the right direction? > > Is there a better free (as in beer) solution for my > particular problem? > > LONG VERSION: > I have at my disposal both a single DLT drive as well > as a fancier tape robot. Unfortunately, both of these > are installed on a Windows NT server and due to > political constraints this can not be easily > changed at this time. My group is responsible for > administering all the servers involved. It is with > hardware changes that the political barriers are > encountered. > > A portion of the tapes in the tape robot have been > configured with software that makes them appear as a > simple filesystem. (This may or may not be useful > information.) > > Is there any way to run an amanda server on one of the > Linux boxes but use the tape drive(s) on the Windows > NT server? I am not opposed to writting a days worth > of code to accomplish this task. > > Is there a better free (as in beer) solution for my > particular problem. {Large software purchases also > encounter political heat.} >
