I am sure everybody has seen this:
http://www.lwn.net/2001/0503/kernel.php3
It would seem that one can no longer use dump (assuming one is using
Linux 2.4) to backup live filesystems. So is everybody here now using
gnutar to backup filesystems on Linux 2.4?
Is there any loss of functionality
Also Sprach Brian J. Murrell:
I am sure everybody has seen this:
http://www.lwn.net/2001/0503/kernel.php3
It would seem that one can no longer use dump (assuming one is using
Linux 2.4) to backup live filesystems. So is everybody here now using
gnutar to backup filesystems on Linux
... I'd like know how to tell Amanda
to use xfsdump rather than GNU tar on XFS partitions.
Doesn't just setting program to DUMP in the dumptype do this?
Amanda should auto-detect the file system type and run the correct dump
program (assuming it found it when you ran ./configure). For instance,
C. Chan wrote:
I'm experimenting with XFS now and if I run into any glitches
I'll let the Amanda list know. I'd like know how to tell Amanda
to use xfsdump rather than GNU tar on XFS partitions.
I think you would have to recompile amanda. I would install
xfsdump/xfsrestore and rpm -e dump
