Subject: Re: Remote backup systems...
From: Mike Tibor (tibor@lib.uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 14:15:18 AKDT
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Joshua J.Kugler wrote:
>
> OK, Amanda may be a viable option. Anthony, you said you backup to a large
> IDE drive. In reading the Amanda docs, I find no reference to using a hard
> disk as a final destination; only as a holding place. Do you simply backup
> to the "holding drive" and leave them there? Is this safe? Can you restore
> from the holding drive?
I never thought about using the holding disk as a "permanent" repository,
but yes you can restore from there. Amanda keeps track of where the
backup filesets are (holding disk, or if tape, what tape #), so when you
actually go to restore via amrecover, instead of prompting you for a tape
number, it'll just grab stuff from the holding disk.
Mike
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