RE: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-26 Thread Brian Sweeney
Jen- We're currently using Amanda here and I've been pretty happy with that so far. It lacks in a few features, but it really nicely manages the backup scheme for you (dynamically creating the levels based on need), and it's recovery procedures are also quite straightforward. It also uses a hol

Re: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-26 Thread jennyw
al Message - From: "Erin Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [techtalk] Backup strategy > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:07:12AM -0400, Erin Clarke wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 03:05:13PM -07

Re: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-25 Thread Erin Clarke
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:07:12AM -0400, Erin Clarke wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 03:05:13PM -0700, jennyw wrote: >> Can anyone suggest where I can go to find out more about backup strategies? > > I, personally, recommend a 'trip' to > http://www.backupcentral.com/ Hmmm, they don't seem t

Re: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-25 Thread Erin Clarke
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 03:05:13PM -0700, jennyw wrote: > Can anyone suggest where I can go to find out more about backup strategies? I, personally, recommend a 'trip' to http://www.backupcentral.com/ where you will find loads of information about backup strategies, software, etc. I've used

Re: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-24 Thread jennyw
Title: RE: [techtalk] Backup strategy Thanks!  It occurs to me that one of my problems may be that device is just not installed properly. Is there some place I can go to find out more about installing SCSI tape devices?   It just seems strange that tar works a little bit and then dies.  I

Re: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-24 Thread Melissa Plunkett
You might also want to check out bru (http://www.estinc.com/products.php), I think the personal edition is still free. Also you might want to read the GNU tar manual at http://www.gnu.org/manual/tar/ which has more info than the man page. Also are you getting an error message when tar chokes or

RE: [techtalk] Backup strategy

2001-04-24 Thread Davida Schiff
Title: RE: [techtalk] Backup strategy In my last job I used the free Linux version of Arkeia (http://www.arkeia.com/download.html) It worked well. Also the documentation is well written. HTH, Davida -Original Message- From: jennyw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April