Dear Amanda users, We have a legacy Sun Sparc II server (SunOS 4.1.3) that was, until recently, our only file server with a tape drive (an Exabyte 8200, 2.3 Gb capacity). We're in the process of centralizing files onto a RedHat 7.2 server running Amanda 2.4.2p2 (from the RPM -- no problems) with a Sony AIT-1 (SDX-300C) tape drive.
Unfortunately, getting files off the Sun is proving to be tricky, due in large part to its outdated networking software. I briefly tried to use NFS to mount a server file system on the Sun and copy over the files, but the NFS mount didn't work right...not my strong suit, anyway. I've also tried various combinations of tar and rsh, to no avail so far. For now, I had hoped to just configure Amanda on it, even though this server will be taken off line as soon as its files have been securely set up on the new file server. My first hurdle, though, is that the GNU tar 1.13.25 from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar is not compiling properly (we compiled and installed gcc 2.3.3 a long time ago), encountering parsing errors in intl/loadmsgcat.c. Maybe this isn't the simplest way to take our files off this server... I'd love some suggestions here. Ideally someone just knows where I can get tar 1.13.19 or newer precompiled for SunOS 4.1.3. Otherwise, I'd probably have to recompile gcc with updated sources, etc. In the short term, I suppose I could try using the existing dump software. We need to back this thing up before it dies!! :-) Regards, Jonathan -- / Jonathan R. Johnson | "Every word of God is flawless." \ | Minnetonka Software, Inc. | -- Proverbs 30:5 | \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | My own words only speak for me. /
