Thoughts: 1. The 'dump' utility is specific to the filesystem it's written for. Porting Linux 'dump' for ext2 to Cygwin doesn't make sense unless your Cygwin has local access to ext2 partitions that you want to back up.
2. There is already a tar in Cygwin, but I have no idea if it's a good one or a bad one. 3. If the underlying file system has locked a file, nothing can back it up without talking nicely to the underlying operating system. Running Cygwin as a user who is a member of the 'backup operator' group might help. 4. 'Compile Amanda on a windows machine' is an interesting proposition. I've gotten it to compile (client only) under Cygwin by commenting out a line in getfsent.c, IIRC. (something to do with mnttab) I don't have a server set up on that network to test it with yet. (There was no point in putting up the server until I had clients.) 5. I recommend (and use) a two-stage approach for backing up Windows boxes. Stage 1 is to have a complete install procedure for the OS and applications. Be able to rebuild from a formatted disk. Keep copies of the CDs and instructions on site and off. Stage 2 is to backup the data only with AMANDA and smbclient. 6. The only backup program I've ever seen that could restore a Windows NT box to a usable state is Ghost. If you really need fast restores, consider Ghosting the machine to a file and backing up that file. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: cygwin/dump > > > > anyone have any experience/luck using cygwin utils for > performing dumps from > a windows box? One thought I had was that one could install > cygwin and compile > amanda on a windows machine ( b/c cygwin comes w/ gcc ) to > get the box to > 'appear' like a *nix box. I've had problems w/ using > smbclient to perform > backups b/c programs that are currently in use ( on a M$ > platform ) can be > copied. > > thoughts?? > > -Tony >
