[aklug] Re: Backups

I liked the tools that came with amanda for writing a header to the
tapes. That was handy. And it made sure you didn't overwrite tapes.

However duplicity can help out with this as well, since it can be set
up to store an archive index pool on an active filesystem. You'll
know you have a file and that it's on a tape. How you correlate the
two could be a very easy thing.

- Shane

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:59 AM, adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org> wrote:
> Yeah, see, that's my problem. =A0I need something to watch what goes on
> what tape, and have a bit more sophisticated way of dealing with errors.
>
> I'm familiar with arkeia, which is pretty neat, but is an application
> you need to pay for (d'oh!), but that has saved my bacon several times
> at a previous job. =A0Amanda uses tar, which is why I don't like it; and
> bacula appears to be a huge pain in the keister to set up, which is bad
> if I ever quit, get hit by a bus, or have my fingers smashed.
>
>
>
> Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
>> On Thursday 30 April 2009, adam bultman said something like:
>>
>>> Speaking of backups, does anybody know a useful backup solution for
>>> linux that will put things on tape?
>>>
>>> I know of Amanda (which I'm not really a fan of) and Bacula (which
>>> I've just installed, and need to configure if it's not a pain) but if
>>> there are other backup to tape programs you know of that are easy and
>>> free, I'd love to know about them...
>>>
>>
>> tar is the original file to tape software. :)
>>
>> tar -c -f /dev/st0 *
>>
>> Not very friendly, and doesn't keep track of which files are on the
>> tape, but it does work.
>>
>> j
>>
>>
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