On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 at 11:33pm, Vijay Kumar wrote > ACtually i need to backup a NFS mounted file system > (only /home) from a linux client/server on to iself or any other linux > client's hard disk (sorry no tape drive business!).
It's much easier (and cleaner) to backup the filesystem on the NFS server itself -- is there a particular reason you can't do this? Either way, you'll need some root access to the NFS server, as it needs to have no_root_squash set if you're going to back up over NFS. > How shd I configure my amanda-conf for this? You'll need to use 2.4.3b (b is for beta) and the file: tapedrv. Look in the included amanda(8) man page for details. > And what would be reasonable values for dumpscyle , tapedev,tapechanger? dumpcycle is up to you -- how often do you want full backups done? > Also the previous mails told me that dump was not recommended for > linux?and that one hsd go for tar ? Is that so? Many people have had data timeout issues with dump on 2.4.x kernels. YMMV. > i have tar 1.13.17 . Will that be good or do i need to upgrade to 1.13.19 It probably wouldn't be a bad idea. > .Also i dont have readline, termcap. Do i also need to install them? If you want command line editing in, e.g., amrecover, then yes. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
