On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:47:18PM -0800, Bao Ho wrote: > > What you thought is exactly my config. I have one server running mail > service, another for > file sharing and is where amanda is. In the past, I had Tapeware installed > on the second, which > mounted the mail folder on the first, and backed up both. Recently, Tapeware > has caused many > crashes and I am forced to switch to amanda.Tapeware has the advantages of > having a GUI, > where I could schedule both full and incremental, specify which day to run > the full, which to run > inc. This makes the restoration task much easier b/c I knew which tape > contained the last full, and > started from it. > > If I have to rely on Amanda for choosing the full backup, is there any > difficulty in locating it? Like looking > for "tape" has the last full backup?
Assuming you have the "index" configuration parameter to "yes", amanda keeps track of which files and on what tapes. When you do a recovery you specify "as of what date" you want the recovery. For example, I discovered I had trashed a file a while ago without realizing it. My schedule has a months worth of backups in the tapecycle. So I asked to recover the file "as of 1/31", about 3 weeks earlier. Amanda knew to start with a level 0 from earlier than that and one level 1 after. Two tapes. Your current "tapeware" scheme might have had you doing the full backup then several incrementals. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
