Actually, amanda would be relatively easy, just plug in a handler for vos
dump and vos restore. Unfortunately, we're no longer using amanda, stuck
with seagate bkupexec... otherwise I'd have long ago added support to it to
backup volumes. Although there is a possibility that I will be deploying a
new AFS installation soon, and we are using amanda there. Alot depends on
what state the openafs code is in when it's released.
-- Nathan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitch Collinsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:17 AM
> To: Harald Barth
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OpenAFS enhancements wishlist [was: AFS backup/restore using
> ADSM]
>
>
> This raises an interesting point. Perhaps now would be a good time
> to start compiling a wishlist for enhancements to OpenAFS. What
> would be the best way to organize it? On a web site perhaps?
>
> Regarding the DNS idea I know this has been around for a long time
> (the record type was defined ages ago) but I thought one of the
> reasons it didn't happen was due to a security issue. I think it
> had to do with concern over somebody hijacking your DNS to point your
> clients to rogue servers, but I'm probably only partially remembering
> it at this point. Anybody remember the whole story?
>
> A wishlist item from me is to be able to do backups of AFS through
> Amanda (see www.amanda.org ). It's probably kludgeable as things
> stand now, but with some effort on both Amanda and AFS it could be
> made much smoother. This is something I've put a fair amount of
> thought into but so far no actual effort. I'm interested in hearing
> from anyone who'd be interested in collaborating on such an effort.
>
> -Mitch
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Harald Barth wrote:
>
> > > -implicit system:administrators rl system:backup rl ...
> >
> > This is of course the right thing. This is one of the bunch of
> > small enhancements to Transarc AFS that are of high value and
> > low coding effort that should have been happening a long time
> > ago. Hopefully this will now happen with OpenAFS. Another
> > one (I know I said this before) is AFSDB in DNS instead of
> > CellServDB files.
> >
> > Harald.
> >
>
