On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Albrecht Dreß <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Amanda ver. 2.5.2p1 coming with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to back up three Linux > boxes. > > As the tape drive of my Windows 2003 server died and a quick replacement is > not available (as Sony discontinued their AIT drives...), I wonder if it is > possible to install the Amanda ver. 3.1.2 Windows client on that machine, > and use it to back it up to the 2.5.2p1 Linux server? In general, do > limitations exist regarding the server and client versions for a proper > interaction? I would prefer not to update the Linux servers/clients, as > they run just fine...
I think this will work, but to my knowledge it hasn't been tested, so the best I can say is: try it and find out -- and please report the results on the Wiki for others' reference. Dustin -- Open Source Storage Engineer http://www.zmanda.com
