RE: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Mike Peterson
: Re: [CentOS] Tape operation I found Amanda rather complex for what we wanted to do (simple backup of a single server to a single tape drive). We eventually decided on BRU (www.tolisgroup.com). It's not free, but the simple 'workstation' version isn't very expensive. Their supp

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 15 May 2008 15:57, Dennis McLeod wrote: > Spans tapes just fine (Manual changes...). I looked at amanda at the time, > but there was some issues with Tape spanning, if I recall. Tape spanning arrived in amanda about two years ago. Anne ___ C

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Ray Leventhal
Martyn Drake wrote: Arkeia (at least when I last used it several years ago) was pretty much all point-and-click. Regards, Martyn And therein lies one of the downfalls of Arkeia. Its ease of use requires X. I don't generally enable X on servers, but as this particular network is entirely

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Martyn Drake
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not so. Take a look at Amanda. Runs under linux, can handle backup for whole > network (multiple domains, too, I think) and is utterly reliable. It can > backup to disk, tape or whatever. I third the Amanda vote. But a

RE: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Dennis McLeod
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:34 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Tape operation > > Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > Hi all, > >

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Ray Leventhal
Kevin Thorpe wrote: I found Amanda rather complex for what we wanted to do (simple backup of a single server to a single tape drive). We eventually decided on BRU (www.tolisgroup.com). It's not free, but the simple 'workstation' version isn't very expensive. Their support staff are really help

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Kevin Thorpe
I found Amanda rather complex for what we wanted to do (simple backup of a single server to a single tape drive). We eventually decided on BRU (www.tolisgroup.com). It's not free, but the simple 'workstation' version isn't very expensive. Their support staff are really helpful as well. Free dow

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Terry Polzin
On Thursday May 15 2008, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 15 May 2008 07:34, John R Pierce wrote: > > I recommend buying some commercial tape backup software..   freeware for > > tape is woefully poor. > > Not so. Take a look at Amanda. Runs under linux, can handle backup for > whole network (mul

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 15 May 2008 07:34, John R Pierce wrote: > I recommend buying some commercial tape backup software..   freeware for > tape is woefully poor. Not so. Take a look at Amanda. Runs under linux, can handle backup for whole network (multiple domains, too, I think) and is utterly reliable.

Re: [CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-14 Thread John R Pierce
Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi all, My only encounter with tape-backup was with Windows 2000. With it, when we backup things using windows' backup tool, it will create a 'catalog', then the catalog contains all the backup operations we do based on date. So, with this we can "append" many backups int

[CentOS] Tape operation

2008-05-14 Thread Fajar Priyanto
Hi all, My only encounter with tape-backup was with Windows 2000. With it, when we backup things using windows' backup tool, it will create a 'catalog', then the catalog contains all the backup operations we do based on date. So, with this we can "append" many backups into one tape. Next time we