push a dump to the server

2012-04-17 Thread Darin Perusich
Is there anyway to push a dfump to the amanda server from the client? I'm starting to use ZWC on a bunch of windows laptops and some users are asking it they can schedule a backup on demand or when they're in the office, lots of road warriors here. I'm fairly certain the answer is not possible but

Re: push a dump to the server

2012-04-17 Thread Peter Kunst
Hi Darin, one solution for this kind of scenario is http://backuppc.sourceforge.net Use it and make backups of BackupPC storage to amanda. Cheers, Peter -- On 4/17/12 4:58 PM, Darin Perusich wrote: Is there anyway to push a dfump to the amanda server from the client? I'm starting to use

Re: push a dump to the server

2012-04-17 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Darin, There is a 'amdump_client' command that can be run on an amanda linux client. I'm not sure it can be run on window. Jean-Louis On 04/17/2012 10:58 AM, Darin Perusich wrote: Is there anyway to push a dfump to the amanda server from the client? I'm starting to use ZWC on a bunch of

Re: push a dump to the server

2012-04-17 Thread Darin Perusich
Hi Jean-Louis, I never noticed that command before, but I'll have to play around with it. There's no equivalent ZWC command, at least that's packaged/installed, from that I can see. Adding such a feature to ZWC would be super valuable in my environment, i.e lots of road warriors. Would the Zmanda

using amdump_client

2012-04-17 Thread Darin Perusich
Is there any documentation on using amdump_client? Nothing comes up when searching the wiki other than mentions in release notes and the man page isn't proving very helpful. I've configured amdumpd on the server, per http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amdumpd_protocol, and added my client to

Re: using amdump_client

2012-04-17 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Darin, The 'amservice' binary must set suid root. Jean-Louis On 04/17/2012 03:43 PM, Darin Perusich wrote: Is there any documentation on using amdump_client? Nothing comes up when searching the wiki other than mentions in release notes and the man page isn't proving very helpful. I've