I wrote my own bash script to do my backups. It uses: find, gzip, mt, and afio to make the backups. The script can easily be modified to backup to a file, tape (default), or CD-R/CD-RW. It also performs a verify after the backup to insure that the files it wrote to the archive are indeed the files that it backed up.... this helps to insure that a restore will actually work. :) Most of it is configurable through a file I place in /etc and I run it through cron. It logs all information/errors from afio, etc and will send an email to however many addresses you want with a status of the backup and verify. You can also parse the log files that it places in /var/log/backup/ for a full report on file compression/errors. Afio is again used to perform ToC of the tape or to do a restore. If anyone would like to use this script just let me know, I could post it to the list if you want.
BEH - Bryce Hansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >I'm trying to find out what everyone has learned about various backup >programs. I'm looking for X and text menu interfaces, full scheduling >capability and popularity which hopefully means it will exist and be >supported for some time to come. And for a final kicker, I'm also looking >for free or at least inexpensive. Currently I'm looking at Arkeia by Knox >Software - are there any users out there with hands-on experience? > >If anyone has any experiences of the 'it really screwed me up when it >didn't do as it was supposed to' or 'the restore failed when I needed it' >variety, I would like to know of those as well. >
