Re: New amanda user

2002-10-28 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 05:33:25PM -0700, Jerry wrote: > Actually I thought I saw a post on here before that > you can, in newer versions, backup to disk. Also, on > sourceforge there is a utility called "backuppc" > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/ > > It looks to be a disk-only solu

Re: New amanda user

2002-10-28 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 at 4:32pm, Christopher C.J. Keist wrote > Actually, I can create a file system (ext2 or ext3) on the optical disk > and access it just like any other harddrive. So looks like Amanda isn't > setup to deal with this. Wrong. 2.4.3 (the latest version) supports using directori

Re: New amanda user

2002-10-26 Thread Niall O Broin
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:20:43PM -0600, Christopher C.J. Keist wrote: > I have mtx working and it looks like it sees the juke box and can talk That's a good start. > with it. I'm not looking at amanda to do regular backups but rather > just periodic archives of certain files/directories. We

Re: New amanda user

2002-10-25 Thread Jerry
Actually I thought I saw a post on here before that you can, in newer versions, backup to disk. Also, on sourceforge there is a utility called "backuppc" http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/ It looks to be a disk-only solution, it might be useful for you, not sure. (It has screen shots so y

Re: New amanda user

2002-10-25 Thread C.J.
Actually, I can create a file system (ext2 or ext3) on the optical disk and access it just like any other harddrive. So looks like Amanda isn't setup to deal with this. On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 02:48 PM, Jerry wrote: Just looked it up. Those units look nice. I am not sure if amanda wo

Re: New amanda user

2002-10-25 Thread Jerry
Just looked it up. Those units look nice. I am not sure if amanda works with optical drives yet... can you use tar to write to it??? or do you have to use burner software to write to them. That would be awesome if you could write to it with tar. Jerry --- "Christopher C.J. Keist" <[EMAIL PROTEC

New amanda user

2002-10-25 Thread C.J.
Hello, I'm looking for help in getting amanda configured. I'm lost with all the config files that I don't know what to edit. This is what I have: PC Running Linux RH7.3 1 HP Optical SureStore 1200EX juke box 10 Optical RW drives 238 pieces of media each holds 5.2GB I have

Re: New Admin, New Amanda User

2001-06-24 Thread John R. Jackson
>... I understand the >concepts of how Amanda works and what takes place when it is working >properly, however, I simply don't know how to get started. ... :-) Not to worry. That's a pretty normal situation with lots of software packages. And you've certainly come to the right place for hel

Re: New Admin, New Amanda User

2001-06-24 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 01:35:58PM -0400, John Holstein, IS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I am a relatively new linux admin placed in a position to create new > backups and backup procedures. We have decided to use Amanda as our backup [snip] > The documentation is very good at exp

New Admin, New Amanda User

2001-06-21 Thread John Holstein, IS
Hello, I am a relatively new linux admin placed in a position to create new backups and backup procedures. We have decided to use Amanda as our backup utility, and I have a few questions: While it may seem silly, it is however a fact that I understand the concepts of how Amanda works and what