On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 1:14pm, jessica blackburn wrote
> Is anyone using smbtar? If so you could send me a copy of your conf
> file. I'm getting the error:
>
> "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf", line 412: backup program
> "/usr/bin/smbtar" unknownamcheck: errors processing config file
> "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf"
>
> and my conf file states that the only valid values for "program" are
> "DUMP" and "GNUTAR". Just wondering how others were backing up windows
> systems.
>From 'man amanda', in the DISKLIST section:
diskdevice
Default: same as diskname. The name of the disk device to be
backed up. It may be a full device name, a device name without
the /dev/ prefix, e.g. sd0a, or a mount point such as /usr.
It may also refer to a PC share by starting the name with two
(forward) slashes, e.g. //some-pc/home. In this case, the pro-
gram option in the associated dumptype must be entered as GNU-
TAR. It is the combination of the double slash disk name and
program GNUTAR in the dumptype that triggers the use of Samba.
So, if you have a Linux box named 'foo' that can connect to a Windows box
named 'bar' sharing 'baz', the disklist entry would be:
foo //bar/baz $DUMPTYPE
where $DUMPTYPE must specify GNUTAR as the program.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
