Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-20 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, i...@newoffice.it wrote on 2013-11-18 16:04:25 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape]: [...] i've found this script this would have been a good place to mention where you found it. [...] DATADIR=/var/lib/backuppc/pc BackupPCDATADIR=/dev/st0 This doesn't

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-18 Thread i...@newoffice.it
On 11/15/2013 04:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:38 AM, i...@newoffice.it i...@newoffice.it wrote: i must to put all the backuppc backups on a tape , i think that i can use something like tar -cvpzf /dev/st0 /var/lib/backuppc +cronjob It is generally not practical to copy

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-18 Thread i...@newoffice.it
On 11/15/2013 09:52 PM, Arnold Krille wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:17:07 -0600 Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM, i...@newoffice.it i...@newoffice.it wrote: On 11/15/2013 03:38 PM, i...@newoffice.it wrote: Or simply can i put /dev/st0 to # The path

[BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-15 Thread i...@newoffice.it
Hi, i'm a noob backuppc's user so if there are some faqs or howtos that explain my problem you can simply link them and i'll read it... my question is: i must to put all the backuppc backups on a tape , i think that i can use something like tar -cvpzf /dev/st0 /var/lib/backuppc +cronjob is

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-15 Thread i...@newoffice.it
On 11/15/2013 03:38 PM, i...@newoffice.it wrote: Hi, i'm a noob backuppc's user so if there are some faqs or howtos that explain my problem you can simply link them and i'll read it... my question is: i must to put all the backuppc backups on a tape , i think that i can use something like tar

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:38 AM, i...@newoffice.it i...@newoffice.it wrote: i must to put all the backuppc backups on a tape , i think that i can use something like tar -cvpzf /dev/st0 /var/lib/backuppc +cronjob It is generally not practical to copy the whole archive directory with

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM, i...@newoffice.it i...@newoffice.it wrote: On 11/15/2013 03:38 PM, i...@newoffice.it wrote: Or simply can i put /dev/st0 to # The path on the local file system where archives will be written: $Conf{ArchiveDest} = That would be part of an 'archivehost' setup.

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-15 Thread Arnold Krille
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:17:07 -0600 Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM, i...@newoffice.it i...@newoffice.it wrote: On 11/15/2013 03:38 PM, i...@newoffice.it wrote: Or simply can i put /dev/st0 to # The path on the local file system where archives

Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape

2013-11-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Arnold Krille arn...@arnoldarts.de wrote: Using amanda and not just dd to dump the tars has the advantage that you get an index of your tape-contents and can restore single tars from the middle of the tape. Amanda is able to dynamically re-order a mix of