On Friday 27 January 2006 14:19, Lou Lohman wrote: > Thank you, Wolfgang, you answered my question. I know you didn't mean > to do so, but you did. You've done better by accident than anyone else > on this list did on purpose. > > I am still somewhat puzzled that no one bothered to just say "Yes" when > I asked if Bacula could 'span tapes'.
Perhaps because there is a section at the beginning of the manual that covers a good number of Bacula's features. > It's a simple word, easy to spell > and usually a really nice word to say to someone (of course, it really > depends on just what it is you're being asked to say 'yes' to ...) so I > don't understand. But then, there are so MANY things I don't understand > (life, women, the national attraction for GW) I guess I'll just add it > to the list. > > Thanks, again. > > Lou Lohman > > "You can observe a lot by watching." - Yogi Berra > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I am evaluating a backup software for my system. > > I tried with amanda. unfortunately amanda isn't really able to do more > > then one > > > dump on a single tape. > > Could somebody tell me if bacula fits my needs? > > At least it has not the same restrictions as Amanda: it can put > multiple backups on a single tape, and it can span a single backup > over several tapes as well. > > > OS: Debian Linux 2.4 Kernel, Only console available, no X window > > Tape: Dell PowerVault DLT VS160 > > Full Backup size: 6GB > > Should be OK. > > > I would like to do incremental Backup during Weekdays and a full > > Backup on the > > > Weekend. A hole Week should go to one Tape so the tape has to be > > changed once a > > > week only. > > Standard setup. > > > I have seen that bacula has X Window applications. Is it managable by > > console > > > only as well? > > Yes, of course. > > > Restoring the data will be a nice feature as well.. :-) > > Yes, of course :-) > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
