"Norman P. B. Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm looking for pointers to information about tools or systems for automated
> backups of AFS volumes. I'm sure this is a frequent topic, but I'm new to bo
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> AFS and this list. Neither did the AFS FAQ I found have much to say about
> this. Are there sites out there who are using tape stackers and the like wit
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> their AFS backups? Any advice or pointers to tools or information archives
> would be quite welcomed. Thanks, and Happy New Year.
AFS 3.4 will have hooks for supporting tape stackers, robots or
any other chicanery you use for backups. Basically you can specify a
program to call whenever a tape is mounted or unmounted. You have to
provide the drivers for the robot, and the code to track and move the
tapes around. John Morin did a great job on cleaning up the backup
software and adding in the new features - I'm sure you'll be pleased
with it when 3.4 finally rolls out.
Some folks cooked up expect scripts for the existing AFS backup
software, I think it was U Mich, but I'm not sure. Haven't tried it
myself.
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