I need to backup our G4 server every night. Our tape backup unit an internal scsi unit on a Win2000 based Dell server. I have samba working on the G4 so I could make a backup file to the G4 itself and then I can configure the Win2000 backup software to copy that file. Alternatively, the output file could be written directly to the Win2000 server. Any thoughts on which way to go. My boss doesn't like the latter option but I think it is just for disk space reasons.
Aside from those issues, what are the best programs to use to back up the variaous partitions/filesystems. The ones I know about are tar and dump. "apt-cache search backup" reveils the following: taper - Full-screen system backup utility. lg-issue29 - Issue 29 of the Linux Gazette. lg-issue47 - Issue 47 of the Linux Gazette. afbackup-client - Client-Server Backup System (Client side) kbackup - KBackup is a single host backup solution for various media afio - Archive file manipulation program. kbackup-multibuf - Multibuf extends kbackup for multivolumes. amanda-server - Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (Server) afbackup - Client-Server Backup System (Server side) cpbk - An advanced copy and directory mirror program kbackup-doc - The documentation for KBackup buffer - Buffering/reblocking program for tape backups, printing, etc. bsmtpd - Batched SMTP mailer for sendmail or postfix mtx - controls tape autochangers tar - GNU tar dump - 4.4bsd dump and restore for ext2 filesystems tob - Small yet powerful program for tape oriented backups. floppybackup - Floppy backup using a diversity of floppy formats mirrordir - duplicate a directory by making a minimal set of changes palm-doctoolkit - E-text tools for PalmPilot users amanda-client - Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (Client) casio - Backup utility for the CASIO diary. Any recommendations of good and bad programs ?? Thanks, Brendan Simon.
